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Albert L. Latter
Best known as a nuclear physicist and co-author of a mid-century book on atomic science, he helped explain the promises and dangers of the nuclear age to general readers. His career linked top research institutions, government defense work, and public debate about technology.
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 whose work centered on nuclear science and national defense. Reliable biographical sources describe him as a leading expert on nuclear weapons, and he is especially remembered by readers as the co-author, with Edward Teller, of Our Nuclear Future: Facts, Dangers and Opportunities.
Over the course of his career, he was associated with major research and policy institutions, including RAND, and his scientific work earned high-level recognition. The U.S. Department of Energy lists him as a 1964 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award laureate for contributions related to the effects of nuclear explosions, decoupling, and nuclear-weapon design.
For audiobook listeners, his interest lies in the way he helped translate a complex and unsettling scientific era into language meant for the public. His writing stands at the meeting point of physics, policy, and Cold War history.