Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Spencer R. Weart (born 1942) was the director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1971 until his retirement in 2009. Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a historian of science.He has produced numerous historical articles, two children’s science books, and written or co-edited eleven other books, including: Scientists in Power (1979). A history of the rise of nuclear science, weapons, and reactors in France. ISBN 0-674-79515-6Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts (1978). Edited correspondence. ISBN 0-262-69070-5Nuclear Fear: A History of Images (1989) ISBN 0-674-62836-5Out of the Crystal Maze: Chapters from the History of Solid State Physics (1991). ISBN 0-19-505329-XNever at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another (1998). ISBN 0-300-08298-3The Discovery of Global Warming (2003, 2008). Online extended version. ISBN 0-674-03189-XThe Rise of Nuclear Fear (2012). ISBN 978-0-674-05233-8While at AIP he also produced and edited an award-winning website with historical exhibits.. }
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- Spencer_R._Weart abstract "Spencer R. Weart (born 1942) was the director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) from 1971 until his retirement in 2009. Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a historian of science.He has produced numerous historical articles, two children’s science books, and written or co-edited eleven other books, including: Scientists in Power (1979). A history of the rise of nuclear science, weapons, and reactors in France. ISBN 0-674-79515-6Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts (1978). Edited correspondence. ISBN 0-262-69070-5Nuclear Fear: A History of Images (1989) ISBN 0-674-62836-5Out of the Crystal Maze: Chapters from the History of Solid State Physics (1991). ISBN 0-19-505329-XNever at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another (1998). ISBN 0-300-08298-3The Discovery of Global Warming (2003, 2008). Online extended version. ISBN 0-674-03189-XThe Rise of Nuclear Fear (2012). ISBN 978-0-674-05233-8While at AIP he also produced and edited an award-winning website with historical exhibits.".