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| − | '''Samuel King Allison''' (November 13, 1900 – September 15, 1965) | + | '''Samuel King Allison''' (November 13, 1900 – September 15, 1965) was a proponent of freedom of science. He contributed to the science of x-rays, nuclear physics, nuclear energy, and to the physics of atomic collisions.<ref name=jan96>[http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=XAgAAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 22, No. 1, Jan. 1966, page 2]</ref> |
==Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists== | ==Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists== | ||
| + | Allison was a member of the Board of Sponsors of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] from its inception in 1946.<ref name=jan96/> | ||
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In 1949 Allison was listed as a member of the [[Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science]], and as a founding sponsor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<ref>[http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/BB/A/P/O/N/_/bbapon.pdf Letter from Hans Bethe, Chairman of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]</ref> | In 1949 Allison was listed as a member of the [[Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science]], and as a founding sponsor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.<ref>[http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/BB/A/P/O/N/_/bbapon.pdf Letter from Hans Bethe, Chairman of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:39, 8 February 2010
Samuel King Allison (November 13, 1900 – September 15, 1965) was a proponent of freedom of science. He contributed to the science of x-rays, nuclear physics, nuclear energy, and to the physics of atomic collisions.[1]
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Allison was a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists from its inception in 1946.[1]
In 1949 Allison was listed as a member of the Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, and as a founding sponsor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[2]
As at April 1984, Samuel Allison served on the Board of Directors for The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal.[3]