Spencer R. Weart

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Spencer R. Weart is the director of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics. Originally trained as a physicist, he is now a noted historian.

He has produced numerous historical articles, two children’s science books, and written or co-edited seven other books, including:

Scientists in Power (a history of the rise of nuclear science, weapons, and reactors in France) ISBN 0674795156
Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts (edited correspondence) ISBN 0262690705
Nuclear Fear: A History of Images ISBN 0674628365
Never at War: Why Democracies Will Not Fight One Another ISBN 0300082983
His most recent book is The Discovery of Global Warming ISBN 0674016378 with an online version

He also produces and edits an award-winning website with historical exhibits.

External links

http://www.aip.org/history/climate/author.htm
http://www.aip.org/history/historymatters/weart.htm
http://www.aip.org/history/climate Online version of The Discovery of Global Warming