The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer
The First Nuclear Era: The Life And Times Of A Technological Fixer is Alvin Weinberg's autobiography, the memoirs of an influential American nuclear engineer/physicist. These reminiscences date from the dawning of the nuclear age in the early 1940s to the present day. The First Nuclear Era is the story of one notable scientist's life and times and a look back at one of humankind's most ambitious endeavors: the attempt to harness and safely distribute nuclear power. Weinberg has witnessed and played a major part in many of the defining scientific moments of the nuclear era to date. Nuclear power reactors are no longer being built in the U. S. The first nuclear era is coming to a close. Alvin Weinberg's fascinating account of his seminal role in that era gives the reader an insider's look at how nuclear energy developed, how it faltered, and how and why it may yet rise again. The First Nuclear Era is  a well written, informative, insightful and engaging autobiography with observations on critically important events and scientific developments that will have impact and influence well into the next century.  --Midwest Book Review