Alvin Martin Weinberg

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Science and trans-science (1972) (512)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (1949) (410)
Physics of Nuclear Kinetics (1967) (372)
The age of substitutability. (1976) (277)
Impact of Large-Scale Science on the United States: Big science is here to stay, but we have yet to make the hard financial and educational choices it imposes. (1961) (184)
Reflections of Big Science (1968) (166)
Criteria for scientific choice (1963) (140)
Social institutions and nuclear energy. (1972) (126)
Can Technology Replace Social Engineering? (1967) (100)
Molten Fluorides as Power Reactor Fuels (1957) (93)
Theory of Oscillating Absorber in a Chain Reactor (1948) (87)
Science and trans-science (1972) (84)
Can technology replace social engineering (1966) (80)
NUCLEAR SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (1960) (71)
The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer (1995) (62)
CO2 capture and storage: Another Faustian Bargain? (2007) (55)
Technology and democracy (1990) (46)
The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner, Part A: Scientific Papers, Part B: Historical, Philosophical, and Socio‐Political Papers (1996) (44)
Criteria for scientific choice II: The two cultures (1964) (44)
The growth of science in society (1967) (42)
Science, government, and information: The responsibilities of the technical community and the government in the transfer of information (1963) (39)
Limits to the use of energy. (1971) (31)
Inherently Safe Reactors and a Second Nuclear Era (1984) (30)
The future of nuclear energy (1981) (30)
Advanced Reactors, Passive Safety, and Acceptance of Nuclear Energy (1990) (28)
THERMAL BREEDER REACTORS (1972) (26)
Reflections on Risk Assessment (1981) (25)
Current Status of Nuclear Reactor Theory (1952) (25)
BUT IS THE TEACHER ALSO A CITIZEN? (1965) (25)
In defense of science. (1970) (24)
Inherently Safe Reactors (1985) (23)
The age of substitutability or What do we do when the mercury runs out (1975) (20)
The second nuclear era. (1983) (19)
How long is coal's future? (1977) (19)
Preface: Molten-Salt Reactors (1970) (19)
The obligations of citizenship in the republic of science (1978) (19)
Nuclear Reactions: Science and Trans-Science (1992) (19)
The Collected Works of Leo Szilard: Scientific Papers (1974) (18)
The Second Nuclear Era: A New Start for Nuclear Power (1985) (18)
A Siting Policy for an Acceptable Nuclear Future (1979) (17)
The Limits of Science and Trans-Science (1977) (17)
Edward Shils and the “Governmentalisation” of science (1996) (16)
Some aspects of non-linear reactor dynamics (1954) (16)
‘Immortal’ energy systems and intergenerational justice (1985) (15)
Linear transport theory: by K. M. Case and P. W. Zweifel. 342 pages, diagrams, illustr. 6 × 9 in. Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., 1967. Price, $17.50 (1968) (15)
Science and Its Limits (1987) (14)
Out of the Garden of Eden (1988) (13)
U. S. energy and economic growth, 1975--2010 (1976) (13)
Scientific Teams and Scientific Laboratories. (1970) (12)
Science in the public forum: keeping it honest. (1976) (12)
The maturity and future of nuclear energy (1976) (11)
A nuclear power advocate reflects on Chernobyl (1986) (11)
To breed, or not to breed (1977) (11)
Eugene Wigner, nuclear engineer (1995) (10)
The Axiology of Science (1970) (10)
On “immortal” nuclear power plants (2004) (10)
Energy as an ultimate raw material (1959) (10)
Observations on Federal energy research and development—December 1974 (1976) (9)
Is nuclear energy acceptable (1977) (9)
On the Relation Between Information and Energy Systems A Family of Maxwell's Demons (1982) (9)
Nuclear Energy: A Prelude to H. G. Wells' Dream (1971) (8)
Global Effects of Increased Use of Energy (1972) (8)
Transuranic elements and the high‐flux isotope reactor (1967) (8)
The birth of Big Biology (1999) (8)
The interaction of science and technology (1971) (8)
The Regulator's Dilemma (1987) (8)
The federal laboratories and science education. (1962) (8)
The First Nuclear Era (1994) (8)
An approach to setting radiation standards. (1978) (7)
Global Effects of Increased Use of Energy. (1971) (7)
The Safety of Nuclear Power (1973) (7)
Reflections on the energy wars (1978) (7)
Risk assessment, regulation, and the limits of science. (1988) (7)
Values in science: Unity as a criterion of scientific choice (1984) (6)
THREE MILE ISLAND IN PERSPECTIVE: KEYNOTE ADDRESS (1981) (6)
Criteria for Scientific Choice (Minerva, I (2), (1962), 158–171) (2000) (6)
The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner. Part A: Scientific Papers. Volume V: Nuclear Energy (1995) (6)
Scientific choice and biomedical science (1965) (6)
Revisiting criteria for scientific choice (1986) (6)
Of time and the energy wars (1977) (6)
Today's Revolution (1956) (5)
Stabilizing Star Wars (1984) (5)
Are the alternative energy strategies achievable (1979) (5)
FEDERAL SUPPORT OF BASIC RESEARCH IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. (1964) (5)
On dose—response and standard setting (1978) (5)
Adventures in the Atomic Age: From Watts to Washington, by Glenn T. Seaborg with Eric Seaborg (2001) (5)
The second nuclear ERA: A nuclear renaissance (1985) (5)
The design of disaster (1987) (5)
The New Estate (1964) (5)
Number 3642 Strong Inference Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking (2012) (5)
The two faces of science (1968) (5)
Social institutions and nuclear energy-II (1995) (5)
Nuclear Energy and the Agro-Industrial Complex (1969) (4)
Scientific choice and the scientific muckrakers: Review article (1968) (4)
Economic and environmental implications of a U. S. nuclear moratorium, 1985--2010 (1976) (4)
Second Thoughts on Scientific Information (1964) (4)
Some necessary conditions for the rebirth of nuclear energy (2001) (4)
The economic benefits of basic research (1971) (4)
On cave paintings and nuclear security (1978) (4)
Science, government, and information: 1988 perspective. (1989) (4)
Nuclear energy at the turning point (1977) (4)
Center of Gravity and Center of Mass (1938) (4)
Institutions and strategies in the planning of research (1974) (4)
Science for the people, or by the people? (1978) (4)
Messenger RNA: origins of a discovery (2001) (4)
Can we fix nuclear energy (1979) (4)
The nuclear energy revolution-1966. (1967) (4)
Global Effects of Man's Production of Energy. (1974) (4)
Two open letters (1964) (4)
Are breeder reactors still necessary? (1986) (3)
Is nuclear energy necessary (1980) (3)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHAIN REACTORS (1962) (3)
Strategic Defenses and Arms Control (1987) (3)
Nuclear power and the greenhouse effect (2001) (3)
Continuing the nuclear dialogue : selected essays (1985) (3)
Report on Reports: The Resourceful Earth (1984) (3)
The sanctification of Hiroshima (1985) (3)
General Semantics and the Teaching of Physics (1939) (3)
SOME ASPECTS OF FLUID FUEL REACTOR DEVELOPMENT (1960) (3)
The many dimensions of scientific responsibility (1976) (3)
Chapters from the life of a technological fixer (1993) (3)
Limits to energy policy analysis (1979) (3)
Science, Choice, and Human Values (1966) (3)
Energy in retrospect (1990) (3)
Copenhagen—Roles in Quantum Mechanics (2000) (3)
Another cancer scare … or is it hypochondria? (1979) (3)
Trans-Science and Responsibility (1973) (2)
Toward an acceptable nuclear future (1977) (2)
From Technological Fixer to Think-Tanker (1994) (2)
The executive: william e. Simon. (1974) (2)
The nuclear connection : a reassessment of nuclear power and nuclear proliferation (1985) (2)
I A useful institution of the republic of science (1972) (2)
Making Nuclear Was Obsolete (1986) (2)
Eugene Wigner and Nuclear Energy: A Reminiscence (1987) (2)
Prospects in International Science (1958) (2)
Defense-protected build-down (1984) (2)
High-pressure water as a heat-transfer medium in nuclear power plants (1946) (2)
Solar versus nuclear: choosing energy futures: by Mans Lonnroth, Thomas B. Johansson and Peter Steen 186 pp, [pound sign]15.00, $30.00, Pergamon Press, Oxford and New York, 1980 (1981) (2)
Safety is as safety is seen (1983) (2)
Taming fission's bastard (1988) (2)
Assessing the Oklo phenomenon (1977) (2)
THE EFFECT OF FAST FISSION ON k (1943) (2)
Molten Fluorides as Power Reactor Fuels 1 (1957) (2)
Longer Range View of Nuclear Energy (1960) (2)
Energy Policy and Mathematics (1980) (2)
Future AIMS of Large Scale Research (1955) (2)
Emerging trends in nuclear energy (1984) (2)
Limits to energy modeling (1979) (2)
: Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines (1962) (2)
Notes on Hanford Reactor Start-Up (2004) (1)
Gale J. Young (1992) (1)
Storing the world's spent nuclear fuel (1985) (1)
Technology of Research Reactors (1962) (1)
Providing for nuclear power (1983) (1)
The use of the breeder reactor (1978) (1)
Persepolis and Miami Beach (1977) (1)
Applications of Energy: Nineteenth Century (1977) (1)
Nuclear Energy and the Environment (1970) (1)
Nuclear Common Sense (1972) (1)
Higher Education in India (1990) (1)
Nuclear Power and Public Perception (1991) (1)
Outline for an acceptable nuclear future (1978) (1)
Beyond the technological fix. [Detrimental and unforeseen side effects] (1978) (1)
Let Us Prepare for Peace (1968) (1)
Eugene Paul Wigner. 17 November 1902 — 1 January 1995 (1999) (1)
Was Nazi Know‐how Enough for an A‐Bomb? (1994) (1)
Energy in retrospect: is the past prologue? (1989) (1)
Response to Burns and Studer's "reflections on Alvin M. Weinberg" (1976) (1)
Currents and Soundings: From the Professional Stream (1967) (1)
Avoiding the entropy trap (1982) (1)
How Shall We Establish a Nuclear Power Industry in the United States (1953) (1)
A Voice of Conscience Is Stilled (1973) (1)
The Wigner Patents (1992) (1)
Scientific choice, basic science and applied missions (1965) (1)
Some Crucial Issues in Nuclear Energy (1975) (1)
Long-range approaches for resolving the energy crisis (1973) (1)
The Twentieth Year (1962) (1)
Technology and Ecology — Is There a Need for Confrontation? (1973) (1)
URANIUM AND COAL: RIVALS OR PARTNERS. (1967) (1)
The Strategic Defense Initiative, arms control, and the Ethos of the University (1987) (1)
THE OUTLOOK FOR INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR POWER?1954 (1954) (1)
History and accomplishments of the Oak Ridge graphite reactor (1964) (1)
Feasibility of a nuclear siting policy based on the expansion of existing sites. [USA] (1978) (0)
Atomic Energy Research at Harwell . K. E. B. Jay. Philosophical Library, New York, 1955. 144 pp. Illus. + plates. $4.75. (1956) (0)
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Shatterer of Worlds (1982) (0)
Has Anything Changed Since “Science, Government, and Information”? (1984) (0)
THE JOINING OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND THE WELDING ART. (1969) (0)
Can the sun replace uranium (1977) (0)
Book reviews (1980) (0)
Reflections on Chernobyl (1986) (0)
Some long-range speculations about coal. [CO/sub 2/ problems of greatly expanded use] (1977) (0)
Letter to the editor. (1972) (0)
Perceptions of Risk: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. National Academy of Sciences (1981) (0)
Nuclear Reactor Risk Estimates (1987) (0)
Approaches to setting exposure standards for environmental agents present in low concentrations over long periods of time (1975) (0)
Federal University-Laboratory. (1962) (0)
Social Institutions and Nuclear Energy-II. (1996) (0)
Peer review revisited (1982) (0)
Fresh Water for Agriculture (1969) (0)
Book reviews (1990) (0)
Response : Purism in Science (1965) (0)
Samuel K. Allison, 1901–1965 (1966) (0)
Nuclear energy and the greenhouse effect (2014) (0)
Cancer and Diet (1984) (0)
FIRST REPORT ON 1,500 F. AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR REACTOR (1957) (0)
Letters to the Editor (1993) (0)
High‐energy physics: Round‐table discussion (1964) (0)
Symposium: extrapolation to low doses of ionizing radiation. I. Introduction. (1982) (0)
Nuclear building-down (1984) (0)
Is nuclear power acceptable (1976) (0)
Persa Raymond ‘P. R.’ Bell (2001) (0)
Technological optimism (1980) (0)
A Nuclear Journey through Europe (1954) (0)
Repair and dose-response at low doses. [Effects of low-dose irradiation in man] (1977) (0)
Non-nuclear futures: the case for an ethical energy strategy: Amory B. Lovins and John H. Price, Ballinger Publishing Company, Cambridge, Mass, 1975 xxxii + 223pp, $11.95 cloth, $5.95 paper. (1976) (0)
Nuclear reactor risk estimates. (1987) (0)
Prudence and Technology. (1971) (0)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLUID FUEL REACTORS (1961) (0)
Papers on the nuclear regulatory dilemma (1985) (0)
The Precarious Life of Science in the White House (2016) (0)
Nuclear safety and public acceptance (1982) (0)
SOME LONG-RANGE SPECULATIONS ABOUT COAL (1977) (0)
Anti‐nuclear blasts (1984) (0)
Defensive deterrent (1986) (0)
Reactors away (1980) (0)
From Remarks Delivered at Biomedical Policy Conference (1966) (0)
Introduction: Eugene Wigner and Nuclear Energy (1992) (0)
DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY AND POWER PLANT SITING. (1971) (0)
FIVE LECTURES ON NUCLEAR REACTORS PRESENTED AT CAL TECH. (1956) (0)
Some views of the energy crisis. (1973) (0)
Note on a New Literary Phenomenon. (1955) (0)
Technology and Ecology (1973) (0)
Do nuclear engineering educators have a special responsibility (1977) (0)
Alvin M. Weinberg replies (1978) (0)
Nuclear Engineering (1951) (0)
Letters to the Editor (1965) (0)
Mending cracks in the nuclear establishment (1981) (0)
Reflections on the Mount Carmel Declaration (2019) (0)
Response : Administration of the NRC (1984) (0)
COMING AGE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY. (1968) (0)
Response : Nuclear Energy (1972) (0)
Commentary on Goggin's Article (1984) (0)
SOME ASPECTS OF REACTOR THEORY (1952) (0)
Response : Nuclear Energy and Growth (1973) (0)
Herbert G. MacPherson (1993) (0)
On Limiting Offensive Weapons (1967) (0)
Dual-role Hanford (1988) (0)
The ozone controversy. (1976) (0)
PROPOSAL FOR A RESEARCH AND ISOTOPE REACTOR AT ORNL (1950) (0)
Book reviews (1976) (0)
Administration of the NRC (1984) (0)
RESONANCE ABSORPTION BY Xe (1950) (0)
The Third International Conference on Science and Society (1969) (0)
Thermal Reactor Theory (1961) (0)
Natural background approach to setting radiation standards. [Proposed standard for exposure of general population to anthropogenic radiation sources is within the standard deviation of the natural background] (1979) (0)
A second nuclear era: Prospects and perspectives (1986) (0)
Does nuclear physics really matter (1973) (0)
An Acceptable Nuclear Future (1977) (0)
Fast breeders: all cons, no pros? (1981) (0)
Response : The Ozone Controversy (1976) (0)
Energy From Heaven and Earth (1980) (0)
ADVANCED SYSTEMS. A PERSONAL APPRAISAL (1960) (0)
Response : Federal University-Laboratory (1962) (0)
Soft energy paths: Toward a durable peace: by Amory B. Lovins 231 + xx pp, $15.40, Ballinger Publishing Co, Cambridge, Mass, 1977; [pound sign]0.95, Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK, 1977 (1978) (0)
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering. Raymond L. Murray. Prentice-Hall, New York, 1954. xiii + 418 pp. Illus. $7 (1954) (0)
Benefit-cost analysis and the linear hypothesis (1978) (0)
INTERACTION OF Be WITH FISSION NEUTRONS (1942) (0)
Some Thoughts on Reactors (1959) (0)
Douglas S. Billington (1982) (0)
IN MEMORIAM (2000) (0)
The complexity of scientific choice (1966) (0)
Reactor Decommissioning (1982) (0)
Technology and the Life Sciences (1971) (0)
Special Lecture: Scientific Millenarianism (1998) (0)
Some Observations on Feasibility of Molten Salt Power Reactors (1956) (0)
Amory Lovins adds as a final postcript (1978) (0)
Where disarmers miss the point (1983) (0)
Book reviews (1983) (0)
Book reviews (1970) (0)
Prudence and Technology a Technologist's Response to Predictions of Catastrophe (1971) (0)
Nuclear moratorium: projected effects. (1977) (0)
Prudence and Technology: A Technologist's Response to Predictions of Catastrophe (1971) (0)
Energy Crisis (1973) (0)
On science and society (1968) (0)
Nuclear reactor physics (1956) (0)
Physics at Oak Ridge (1950) (0)
Letter from Alvin M. Weinberg to Joshua Lederberg (1968) (0)
Energy Needs, Nuclear Power, and the Environment1 (1975) (0)
Cure for Chaos (1970) (0)
Nuclear debate: Norwegian perspective (1977) (0)
Scientific Progress and Human Values (1968) (0)
NUCLEAR ENERGY REVOLUTION AND CHEMICAL PROCESSING. (1968) (0)
In defense of science. (1970) (0)
A Department of Science, 1985 version (1986) (0)
Limits of science (1987) (0)
Limits to policy analysis (1980) (0)
On limiting offensive weapons. (1967) (0)
E. D. Shipley (1982) (0)
Energy policy and energy projections: the case of a nuclear moratorium (1977) (0)
Why Reader Development is Economical (1961) (0)
Book Reviews (1968) (0)
Conditions for disarmament (1985) (0)
An immodest proposal for dealing with radioactive wastes (1986) (0)
US energy R and D: policy and priorities (1974) (0)
INDUSTRIAL NUCLEAR POWER. IV. RECENT ADVANCES IN REACTOR TECHNOLOGY (1953) (0)
Letter to the editor. (1973) (0)
Fission: An object lesson for fusion (2008) (0)
The Philosophy and Practice of National Science Policy (2008) (0)

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