Word: nuclearization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most stimulating parts of the book are those that deal directly with elementary-particle theory and its historical development. The history of nuclear physics in the 20th century begins in 1911 when Ernest Rutherford disproved, through relatively simple experiments, the dominant scientific theories which viewed the atom as a "large, soft and spongy pudding with electrons embedded in it." Rutherford concluded instead that there was a hard and heavy center to the atom, around which electrons orbit...
...discussion of Murray Gell-Mann's conjecture that the fundamental elements underlying all of the mysterious particles are quarks. It is not surprising that Glashow is at his best here. Quarks are the jumping board for much of his brilliant theoretical synthesis of the strong and weak nuclear forces and electromagnetism. This is his turf: it was Glashow's prediction that a fourth, "charm" quark existed, which resolved many of the difficulties of Gell-Mann's theory...
...committee opposed measures calling onmilitary firms to diversify and convert theiroperations to civilian production; onmanufacturers to develop cleanup plans forhazardous waste; on Chase Manhattan Bank toexplain its Third World loans in light of theworld debt crisis; and on energy firms to cancelplans for nuclear plants...
...energy agency, whose sprawling, $8.1 billion-a-year nuclear-weapons network includes ten plants and four labs around the country, countered by promising new safeguards and safety procedures. Among the promised corrective measures: establishing better management guidelines for private contractors, like Rockwell, Westinghouse and Du Pont, who now operate DOE facilities; hiring better-trained engineers; and instilling employees with the proper "mental attitude" toward safety...
...trivia question to ask which two islands off the coast of mainland China received inordinate attention during the second and third television debates between Kennedy and Nixon (Quemoy and Matsu). Both candidates dedicated to strong national defense. The Soviet Union and the Cold War and the nuclear threat dominated everyone's horizon, with anxieties rising over the U-2 spy plane that the Soviets shot down on May 1, 1960, and the Soviets' launching of Sputnik 1 three years earlier. The rocket that took the satellite aloft punched a hole through American self-confidence and made education a central issue...