Wolf, Leona Steiner. See Steiner, Leona World Bank, 443
World Health Organization (WHO), 470, 473
World Set Free, The (Wells), 110, 138, 144, 325
World War I, 36, 59, 79
World War II, 55, 87, 117, 152, 159, 160, 190, 194, 320, 370–372, 420, 427, 438
inevitability of, 126
London bombarded in, 153, 231
outbreak of, 176
United States entry into, 234
World Zionist Organization, 123
WQXR radio, 303
Wright, Sewell, 264
X-rays, 86, 93, 96, 121, 153, 396, 398
Yale University, 445, 464
Institute of International Studies, 291
York, Herbert, 454
Youth Movement, German, 99
Zahler, Stan, 395
Zeisel, Eva Striker, 352, 353, 438, 441
Zeisel, Hans, 83, 322, 325, 339, 340, 402
Zeisel, Jean, 402
Zeitschrift fur Physik (journal), 65, 67
Zinn, Walter, 189–193, 228, 235, 249, 250, 304, 317, 368, 422
About the Author
WILLIAM LANOUETTE has covered atomic energy and arms-control topics for more than four decades and was a senior analyst for energy and science policy at the US Government Accountability Office. He has written for the Atlantic, the Economist, New York magazine, Scientific American, and Smithsonian magazines and was a staff member at Newsweek, the National Observer, National Journal, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He holds a BA in English from Fordham College, and MSc and PhD degrees in political science from the London School of Economics. He lives with his wife in San Diego, California, where he enjoys (in no special order) writing, rowing, exploring the West Coast, and caring for grandkids.
BELA SILARD, Leo Szilard’s brother, simplified his name as an immigrant to the United States in 1938. He translated his parents’ memoirs, compiled family records and photographs, and drafted recollections for this book. A retired electrical engineer and inventor, he lived with his wife in Pleasantville, New York, until his death in 1994.
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