Suggested References

Books

Atomic Energy, Irene D. Jaworski and Alexander Joseph, Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., New York 10017, 1961, 218 pp., $4.95.

Atompower, Joseph M. Dukert, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York 10016, 1962, 127 pp., $3.50.

Atoms Today and Tomorrow (revised edition), Margaret O. Hyde, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 10036, 1966, 160 pp., $3.25.

Basic Laws of Matter (revised edition), Harrie S. W. Massey and Arthur R. Quinton, Herald Books, Bronxville, New York 10710, 1965, 178 pp., $3.75.

Building Blocks of the Universe (revised edition), Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, Ltd., New York 10019, 1961, 380 pp., $3.50 (hardback); $2.70 (paperback) from E. M. Hale and Company, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701.

Elements of the Universe, Glenn T. Seaborg and Evans G. Valens, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York 10003, 1958, 253 pp., $4.95 (hardback); $2.15 (paperback).

Inside the Atom (revised edition), Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, Ltd., New York 10019, 1966, 197 pp., $4.00.

Introducing the Atom, Roslyn Leeds, Harper and Row, Publishers, New York 10016, 1967, 224 pp., $3.95.

Peacetime Uses of Atomic Energy (revised edition), Martin Mann, The Viking Press, New York 10022, 1961, 191 pp., $5.00 (hardback); $1.65 (paperback).

The Useful Atom, William R. Anderson and Vernon Pizer, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio 44102, 1966, 185 pp., $5.75.

Secret of the Mysterious Rays: The Discovery of Nuclear Energy, Vivian Grey, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York 10016, 1966, 120 pp., $3.95.

The Heart of the Atom: The Structure of the Atomic Nucleus, Bernard L. Cohen, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York 10017, 1967, 120 pp., $3.95 (hardback); $1.25 (paperback).

The Questioners: Physicists and the Quantum Theory, Barbara L. Cline, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York 10003, 1965, 274 pp., $5.00.

The Atom and Its Nucleus, George Gamow, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632, 1961, 153 pp., $1.95.

The Atomic Energy Deskbook, John F. Hogerton, Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York 10022, 1963, 673 pp., $11.00.

Atomic Energy Encyclopedia in the Life Sciences, Charles W. Shilling (Ed.), W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105, 1964, 474 pp., $10.50.

Atoms for Peace (revised edition), David O. Woodbury, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York 10016, 1965, 275 pp., $4.50.

Manhattan Project, Stephane Groueff, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts 02106, 1967, 372 pp., $6.95.

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The New World, 1939/1946, Volume 1—History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson, Jr., The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, 1962, 766 pp., $5.50.

Sourcebook on Atomic Energy (third edition), Samuel Glasstone, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey 08540, 1967, 883 pp., $9.25.

The World of the Atom, 2 volumes, Henry A. Boorse and Lloyd Matz (Eds.), Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York 10016, 1966, 1873 pp., $35.00.

Motion Pictures

Available for loan without charge from the AEC Headquarters Film Library, Division of Public Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C., and from other AEC film libraries.

Each of the following motion pictures explains atomic structure, fission, and the chain reaction. Additional contents are listed below with the film.

A Is for Atom, 15 minutes, sound, color, 1964. Produced by the General Electric Company. This film discusses natural and artificially produced elements, stable and unstable atoms, principles and applications of nuclear reactors, and the benefits of atomic radiation to biology, medicine, industry, and agriculture. (Level: elementary through high school.)

Atomic Energy, 10 minutes, sound, black and white, 1950. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc. The film explains nuclear synthesis and shows how, through photosynthesis, the sun’s energy is stored on earth and released through combustion. (Level: intermediate through high school.)

Controlling Atomic Energy, 13½ minutes, sound, color, 1961. Produced by United World Films, Inc. This film gives a summary explanation of the following: radioactive atoms, radioactivity measurement, nuclear reactors, and the production and application of radioisotopes in biology, medicine, industry, agriculture, and research. (Level: 5th through 8th grades.)

Introducing Atoms and Nuclear Energy, 11 minutes, sound, color, 1963. Produced by Coronet Instructional Films. This film discusses nuclear fusion in the sun and, very briefly, the uses of nuclear energy. (Level: 4th through 9th grades.)

Atomic Physics, 90 minutes, sound, black and white, 1948. Produced by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Inc. This film discusses in detail the history and development of atomic energy with emphasis on nuclear physics. Dalton’s basic atomic theory, Faraday’s early electrolysis experiments, and Mendeleev’s 37 periodic table, the investigation of cathode rays, discovery of the electron, how the nature of positive rays was established, and the discovery of X rays are among the historical highlights. Explanation is presented of the work of the Joliot-Curie’s and Chadwick in the discovery of the neutron, and the splitting of the lithium atom by Cockcroft and Walton. Einstein tells how their work illustrates his theory of equivalence of mass and energy. (Level: high school.)

Unlocking the Atom, 20 minutes, sound, black and white, 1950. Produced by United World Films, Inc. This film explains the properties of alpha, beta, and gamma rays, cyclotrons, and the contributions of various scientists. (Level: junior and senior high school.)

This “Understanding the Atom” series of semi-technical lecture films is designed for inclusion in a high school senior-level chemistry or physics course, or it could be used as an introductional unit in nuclear science at the college level. The films all have sound and are in black and white.