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The Angry Genie One Man's Walk through the Nuclear Age By Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS NORMAN

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title	:	The Angry Genie : One Man's Walk Through the Nuclear Age
author	:	Morgan, K. Z.; Peterson, Ken M.
publisher	:	University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0806131225
print isbn13	:	9780806131221
ebook isbn13	:	9780806170367
language	:	English
subject	Morgan, Karl Ziegler,--1908- , Medical physics--United States--History--20th century, Manhattan Project (U.S.) , Nuclear physicists--United States--Biography.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	R895.6.U6M67 1999eb
ddc	:	363.17/995/092
subject	:	Morgan, Karl Ziegler,--1908- , Medical physics--United States--History--20th century, Manhattan Project (U.S.) , Nuclear physicists--United States--Biography.

Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morgan, Karl Ziegler, 1908 The angry genie : one man's walk through the nuclear age / by Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8061-3122-5 talk. paper) 1. Morgan, Karl Ziegler, 1908- 2. Medical physicsUnited StatesHistory20th century. 3. Manhattan Project (U.S.) 4. Nuclear physicistsUnited StatesBiography. I. Peterson, Ken M. II. Title. R895.6.U6M67 1998 363.17995092dc21 98-34766 CIP The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. Copyright 1999 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Page v Contents List Of Figures vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xv List Of Abbreviations xvii Prologue My Life before the Nuclear Age 3 Chapter One The Genie Leaves the Bottle: The Manhattan Project 9 Chapter Two The Genie's Anger Unleashed: The Truman Administration's Greatest Mistake 39 Chapter Three The Early Years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 53 Chapter Four My Biggest Mistake 67 Chapter Five Nuclear incidents in Other Facilities 75 Chapter Six The Price 84 Chapter Seven The Advance and Decline of Health Physics 103 Chapter Eight Ecology and Nuclear Waste Disposal Studies 122 Chapter Nine The Genie Goes to Court 135 Chapter Ten A Time for Reflection and Resolution 154 Appendix One Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, August 2, 1939 161 Appendix Two A Preliminary Report on the Low-Draft Fly Swat, April 1, 1946 163

Page vi Appendix Three Aide-Memoire of Conversation between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, September 18, 1944 165 Appendix Four Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, March 25, 1945 167 Appendix Five "Urgent" Message "To the President from the Secretary of War," Memo 41011, July 30, 1945, and President Truman's Reply 169 Appendix Six Honorable Frank G. Theis to Whom It May Concern, December 10, 1990 171 Notes 175 Glossary 195 Bibliography 209 Index 213

Page vii Figures 1. Trinity Test, .053 seconds after detonation ix 2. Radioactive cinders formed by Trinity Test x 3. Karl Z. Morgan's family 4 4. Gladys Morgan 5 5. Wedding of Karl Morgan and Helen McCoy 7 6. Karl and Helen Morgan in 1993 7 7. Scientific "brain trust": E. O. Lawrence, A. H. Compton, V. Bush, J. B. Conant, K. T. Compton, and A. Loomis

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