• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Using the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
  • Contributor: Settle, Frank A.; Blackmer, Elizabeth R.; Whaley, Thomas P.
  • imprint: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 2005
  • Published in: The Physics Teacher
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1119/1.1855749
  • ISSN: 0031-921X; 1943-4928
  • Keywords: General Physics and Astronomy ; Education
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  • Description: <jats:p>A valuable resource for physics, the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues1 (see Fig. 1) is well worth an exploratory visit by teachers of introductory physics and their students. It provides a searchable collection of vetted annotations of references including books, articles, films, websites, and CD-ROMs. While many of those resources focus on the history of nuclear physics and its applications to weapons and nuclear power production, the library also contains materials on the military, social, geopolitical, and cultural consequences of those applications.</jats:p>