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- Publications
- Influence
States of Eugenics: Institutions and Practices of Compulsory Sterilization in California
- Alex Wellerstein
- Political Science
- 22 July 2011
Patenting the Bomb
- Alex Wellerstein
- Sociology, Medicine
- Isis
- 1 March 2008
During the course of the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government secretly attempted to acquire a monopoly on the patent rights for inventions used in the production of nuclear weapons and nuclear… Expand
Physicist. Defector. Spy?
- Alex Wellerstein
- Science
- 20 February 2015
A closer look at the enigmatic life of Bruno Pontecorvo In late July of 1950, the physicist Bruno Pontecorvo and his family left the United Kingdom to take a relaxing, well-deserved vacation through… Expand
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Alex Wellerstein
- Engineering
- 1 April 2014
UpdateBook ReviewState SecretsSeduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi’s Spy-Tech World by Kristie Macrakis, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 370 pp., $28, ISBN: 978-0-521-88747-2
- Alex Wellerstein
- Art
- 1 December 2008
The psychological power of nuclear weapons
- Alex Wellerstein
- Sociology
- 8 August 2016
ABSTRACT Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy have historically been associated with both apocalyptic fear and salvational hope. Do we fear nuclear technologies too much or too little? The author makes… Expand
The History and Science of the Manhattan Project.
- Alex Wellerstein
- Physics
- 25 August 2014
This is really going to save you time and your money in something should think about. If you're seeking then search around for online. Without a doubt there are several these available and a lot of… Expand
A tale of openness and secrecy: The Philadelphia Story
- Alex Wellerstein
- Political Science
- 1 May 2012
A now little-known manuscript prepared by nine young physicists as a statement about the futility of scientific secrecy quickly became a test of the limits of free discourse in the nuclear age.