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Louis Ridenour

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Louis Ridenour's Degrees

PhD Physics Stanford University
Masters Physics Stanford University
Bachelors Physics Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Louis N. Ridenour was a physicist instrumental in U.S. development of radar, Vice President of Lockheed, and an advisor to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Biography and positions held During World War II, Ridenour worked at the MIT Radiation Laboratory. He was co-leader with Ivan A. Getting of the group that developed the SCR-584 radar. He directed a committee in 1949 that recommended the establishment of a separate Research and Development Command and a new Air Staff Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development. In 1950, Ridenour was named the first Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force.

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Louis Ridenour's Published Works

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Radar system engineering (1947) (87)
Mit Radiation Laboratory Series (1948) (42)
Thermionic Control of an Ionization Gauge (1937) (32)
Photographic Techniques for Information Storage (1953) (23)
Artificial Radioactivity Produced by Protons (1938) (22)
The Role of the Computer (1952) (22)
Modern physics for the engineer (1954) (11)
The Isotopes of Cobalt and Their Radioactivity (1936) (10)
Chemical Identification of the Radioelements Produced from Carbon and Boron by Deuteron Bombardment (1935) (9)
Bibliography in an age of science (1951) (7)
``Magic Eye'' Ionization Gauge (1941) (6)
An evaluation of analog and digital computers (1953) (4)
An Elementary Survey of Present Developments and Future Trends (1950) (3)
Absorption of Slow Neutrons in Silver (1935) (3)
The Hydrogen Bomb (1950) (3)
Artificial Radioactivity Produced by Alpha-Particles (1937) (3)
The processing of information-containing documents (1953) (2)
The Radioactivity of K 38 (1937) (2)
How Effective are Radioactive Poisons in Warfare (1950) (2)
A Revolution in Electronics (1951) (2)
Vacuum Packing for Valves (1941) (2)
Military support of American science, a danger? (1947) (2)
A U. S. Physicist's Reply to Professor Blackett (1949) (2)
The Disintegration of Beryllium by Photons and Its Possible Bearing on the Mass of Be 9 (1935) (1)
Science and the Federal Government (1951) (1)
Degenerative Electrometer Tube Amplifier (1940) (1)
The Bomb and Blackett (1949) (1)
Vacuum Tubes in the Physics Laboratory (1940) (0)
Antwort an Professor Blackett (1949) (0)
The Physics of the H-Bomb (1950) (0)
[Radiation Laboratory series] Index (1953) (0)
The Control of Atomic Energy. A Study of Its Social, Economic, and Political Implications. James R. Newman , Byron S. Miller (1949) (0)
Secrecy in Science (1946) (0)
Storage and retrieval of information (1955) (0)
The natural sciences and human relations. (1948) (0)
Radar in war and peace (1946) (0)
An Important Problem to the Librarian: Bibliography in an Age of Science (1953) (0)
Fundamental Problems of Subscription Television: The Logical Organization of the Telemeter System (1953) (0)

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