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Albert L. Latter
A nuclear physicist who wrote clearly for general readers, he explored the promises and dangers of the atomic age with a scientist’s eye and a public-minded sense of urgency. His work helps place early debates about nuclear weapons, safety, and policy in human terms.
1 Audiobook
Our Nuclear Future: Facts, Dangers and Opportunities
by Edward Teller, Albert L. Latter
About the author
Albert L. Latter was an American physicist and nuclear-weapons expert who also wrote for a wider audience. Born in Kokomo, Indiana, he studied mathematics and physics at UCLA, later earning a Ph.D. in physics there.
He worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II and went on to become a leading specialist in nuclear weapons research, including work at RAND and Lawrence Livermore. He received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award in 1964 for contributions related to the effects and design of nuclear explosions.
Alongside his scientific career, he wrote books including Our Nuclear Future...Facts, Dangers and Opportunities, bringing complicated technical questions to ordinary readers in a direct and accessible way. He died in 1997 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.