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Samuel Glasstone

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Samuel Glasstone in 1967

Samuel Glasstone authored 40 popular textbooks on physical chemistry, rate reactions, nuclear weapons effects, nuclear reactor engineering, Mars, space sciences, the environmental effects of nuclear energy and nuclear testing. One reviewer noted recently:

Perhaps one of the best technical writers of the last century was Samuel Glasstone. [1]

Samuel Glasstone was born on 3 May 1897 [2]. He received two doctorates, in 1922 and 1926 (PhD and DSc), in chemistry at London University.