A. BOOKS
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1. | The World of Elementary Particles (Blaisdell Publishing Co., 1963). Translated into Italian, German, and Russian. (Library of Science selection in the United States, science writing prize in Italy.) |
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2. | Basic Physics (Blaisdell, 1968). Introductory text for nonscience students. |
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3-5. | Classical and Modern Physics (Xerox College Publishing, 1972-74). Introductory text for students of science and engineering. 3 volumes. |
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6. | Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics, with John Archibald Wheeler (W. W. Norton, 1998). Wheeler's autobiography. Translated into Chinese and Greek. (1999 American Institute of Physics Science Writing Prize.) |
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7. | The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone (Harvard University Press, 2004). Translated into Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Paperback with "Quantum Questions," 2005. |
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8. | In Love With Flying (H Bar Press, 2007). Memoir on 50 years of flying small planes and gliders. |
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B. RESEARCH PAPERS AND CHAPTERS
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1. | "Nuclear Size Resonances" (with D. Bohm), Phys. Rev. 79, 745 (1950).
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2. | "The First Excited States of Even-Even Nuclei," Phys. Rev. 90, 29 (1953).
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3. | "Isotope Shift Anomalies and Nuclear Structure" (with L. Wilets and D. L. Hill), Phys. Rev. 91, 1488 (1953).
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4. | "Mu-Mesonic X-Rays and the Shape of the Nuclear Charge Distribution" (with D. L. Hill), Phys. Rev. 94, 1617 (1954).
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5. | "Nonuniform Nuclear Charge Distributions and Measurements of Nuclear Electrical Radius" (with D. L. Hill), Phys. Rev. 94, 1630 (1954).
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6. | "Nuclear Deformation and the Moment of Inertia of Nuclear Rotational States," Phys. Rev. 95, 1250 (1954).
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7. | "Elastic Scattering of 22-MeV Alpha Particles" (with N. S. Wall and J. R. Rees), Phys. Rev. 97, 726 (1955).
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8. | "Predicted 0+ Level in Zr90," Phys. Rev. 98, 1516 (1955).
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9. | "Independent Particle Model of the Nucleus I" (with C. Levinson), Phys. Rev. 99, 792 (1955).
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10. | "Independent Particle Model of the Nucleus II" (with C. Levinson), Phys. Rev. 100, 1 (1955).
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11. | "Independent Particle Model of the Nucleus III" (with C. Levinson), Phys. Rev. 100, 13 (1955).
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12. | "The Distribution of Charge in the Nucleus" (with D. L. Hill), Annual Review of Nuclear Science 5, 25 (1955).
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13. | "Problem of Ghost States in Field Theory," Phys. Rev. 105, 320 (1957).
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14. | "Shell Model Theory of Pb206" (with W. W. True), Phys. Rev. 109, 1675 (1958).
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15. | "Evaluation of Slater Integrals with Harmonic Oscillator Wave Functions" (with E. J. Konopinski), Nuclear Physics 9, 218 (1958-59).
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16. | "Effect of Recoil on the Elastic Scattering of High-Energy Electrons by Zero-Spin Nuclei" (with L. L. Foldy and D. R. Yennie), Phys. Rev. 113, 1147 (1959).
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17. | "Quantum Effects Near a Barrier Maximum" (with D. L. Hill, M. Wakano, and J. A. Wheeler), Annals of Physics 7, 239 (1959).
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18. | "Semi-Classical Description of Scattering" (with J. A. Wheeler), Annals of Physics 7, 259 (1959).
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19. | "Applications of Semi-Classical Scattering Analysis" (with J. A. Wheeler), Annals of Physics 7, 287 (1959).
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20. | "Optimal Accuracy Rocket Trajectories" (with G. A. Baker, Jr. and C. E. Porter), Journal of Applied Physics 30, 1925 (1959).
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21. | "Muon Capture by C12 and Beta Decay of B12" (with G. Flamand), Phys. Rev. 116, 1591 (1959).
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22. | "Charge Distributions of Nuclei in the 1P Shell" (with U. Meyer-Berkhout and A. E. S. Green), Annals of Physics 8, 119 (1959).
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23. | "Theoretical Values for Magnetic Moments of Mu-Mesonic Atoms" (with Vernon W. Hughes), Phys. Rev. Letters 7, 134 (1961).
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24. | "Possible Mechanism of Very High-Energy Resonances," Il Nuovo Cimento 24, 467 (1962).
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25. | "Calculated Properties of Mu-Mesonic Atoms" (with John G. Wills), Nuclear Physics 35, 2 (1962).
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26. | "Theoretical Values for Magnetic Moments of Mu-Mesonic Atoms" (with Vernon W. Hughes), Phys. Rev. 129, 194 (1963).
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27. | "Nuclear Charge Radii" (with A. N. Kaufman), 1962 Nuclear Data Tables, National Academy of Sciences.
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28. | "Search for Ferromagnetically Trapped Monopoles of Cosmic Ray Origin" (with E. Goto and H. Kolm), Phys. Rev. 132, 387 (1963).
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29. | "Electrodynamics with a Quantum of Length," Phys. Rev. 175, 2048 (1968).
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30. | "Muonic Atoms and the Radial Shape of the Nuclear Charge Distribution" (with John G. Wills), Phys. Rev. 185, 1429 (1969).
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31. | "Approximation Methods in the Analysis of Muonic-Atom X-Rays," chapter in Magic Without Magic - John Archibald Wheeler (San Francisco, California: W. H. Freeman & Co., 1972).
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32. | "Analysis of Muonic-Atom X-Rays in the Lead Isotopes" (with G. A. Rinker, Jr.), Phys. Rev. C7, 1206 (1973).
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33. | "Comparison of Muonic-Atom and Electronic X-Ray Isotope Shifts in Lead" (with G. A. Rinker, Jr.), Phys. Rev. C9, 2444 (1974).
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34. | Efficient Use of Energy (co-editor and co-author), AIP Conference Proceedings No. 25, 1975.
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35. | "Efficient Use of Energy," Proceedings of the symposium "Energy and Development in the Americas," Guaruja, Santos, S. P., Brazil, March 1978; Interciencia 4, 38 (Jan.-Feb. 1979).
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C. OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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1. | Numerous Los Alamos reports (1950s).
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2. | Assorted book reviews in Physics Today, American Journal of Physics, and Perspectives in Physics. 1950s to the present.
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3. | "Nuclear Optical ModelA Conference Report," Physics Today 12, 22 (1959).
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4. | "Magnetic Monopoles," Scientific American, December 1963.
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5. | Editor or co-editor of 9 volumes of Brandeis Summer Institute Lecture Notes, 1959-1964 (published by Brandeis University, by W. A. Benjamin, and by Prentice-Hall).
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6. | "The Key Ideas of Quantum Mechanics," The Physics Teacher, November 1966.
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7. | "Probability and Entropy in Thermodynamics," The Physics Teacher, February 1967.
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8. | "The Arrow of Time," The Physics Teacher, March 1967.
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9. | "Elementary Particles," Article for a French edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968±.
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10. | Definitions for elementary-particle terms, Webster's Third International Dictionary, 1966-70.
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11. | "America XC," Air Facts, July 1970.
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12. | "Why is Your Image in a Plane Mirror Inverted Left-to-Right But Not Top-to-Bottom?", The Physics Teacher 13, 228 (1975).
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13. | "Technological Advance," Vital Issues Newsletter, 1976.
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14. | "Why Does a Finger Ring Flip?", The Physics Teacher 16, 322 (1978).
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15. | Editor of "Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War," a booklet published by the American Association of Physics Teachers, 1983.
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16. | "Conservation Laws," chapter in The World of Physics, Jefferson Hane Weaver, Ed. (New York: Simon and Schuster, vol. 2, p. 760, 1987).
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17. | "What Ever Happened to Curriculum S?" (Editorial), The Physics Teacher 25, 138 (1987).
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18. | "Problems in Physics Education," Chapter in Physics for the 1990's (American Association of Physics Teachers, May 1989).
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19. | "Is Physics Difficult?" (Editorial), American Journal of Physics 57, 10 (1989).
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20. | "Conservation Laws", entry in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, John S. Rigden, Ed. (New York: Macmillan, 1997).
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21. | "Ray Smith," Germantown Academy Faculty Journal, 1997.
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22. | "The Physics of Soaring," The Physics Teacher 38, 8 (2000).
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23. | "Conservation Laws", entry in Elementary-Particle Supplement to Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, John S. Rigden, Ed. (New York: Macmillan, 2003).
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24. | Index to Science and Ultimate Reality (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004).
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25. | "Working (and Not Working) on Weapons" Radiations Spring 2005.
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26. | Contribution in What We Believe But Cannot Prove, John Brockman, Ed. (Harper Perennial, 2006).
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27. | Essay on John Archibald Wheeler in Biographical Enclopedia of Astronomers, Thomas Hockey, Ed. (Germany: Springer Verlag, in press).
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28. | "Oersted Medal Lecture: Love Them to Death," American Journal of Physics 74, 661-664 (2006).
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29. | "Giant of physics John Wheeler dies," Physics World May 2008, p. 7.
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30. | "John Wheeler's work on particles, nuclei, and weapons," Physics Today April 2009, p. 29.
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31. | Contribution in This Will Change Everything, John Brockman, Ed. (Harper Perennial, 2010).
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