About the Author
Bruce Cameron Reed is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at
Alma College in Alma, Michigan. During a 25-year career at Alma, he taught
courses ranging from first-year algebra-based mechanics to senior-level quantum
mechanics. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Waterloo (Canada).
His semi-popular text The History and Science of the Manhattan Project can be
considered a companion volume to the present book. He has also authored a
quantum mechanics textbook and has published well over 100 peer-reviewed
papers in the areas of astronomy, data analysis, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, the history of physics, and pedagogical aspects of physics and astronomy. In
2009 he was elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society (APS) for his
work on the history of the Manhattan Project. From 2009 to 2013 he edited the
APS’s Physics and Society newsletter, and served for six years as
Secretary-Treasurer of the Society’s Forum on the History of Physics. He lives in
Nova Scotia with his wife Laurie and a variable number of cats.
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Bruce Cameron Reed is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at
Alma College in Alma, Michigan. During a 25-year career at Alma, he taught
courses ranging from first-year algebra-based mechanics to senior-level quantum
mechanics. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Waterloo (Canada).
His semi-popular text The History and Science of the Manhattan Project can be
considered a companion volume to the present book. He has also authored a
quantum mechanics textbook and has published well over 100 peer-reviewed
papers in the areas of astronomy, data analysis, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, the history of physics, and pedagogical aspects of physics and astronomy. In
2009 he was elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society (APS) for his
work on the history of the Manhattan Project. From 2009 to 2013 he edited the
APS’s Physics and Society newsletter, and served for six years as
Secretary-Treasurer of the Society’s Forum on the History of Physics. He lives in
Nova Scotia with his wife Laurie and a variable number of cats.
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