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[Maxim Potekhin <potekhin AT bnl.gov>]

Hi Torre,

Time flies! I had the honor of meeting Robert Crease and having lunch with him around 1986,
right after his classic book was published, "Makers of the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics".
I still may have an autographed copy somewhere. He was researching materials related to L3
at the time, and was a part of the entourage of S.CC.Ting.

Maxim

On 3/21/2024 1:22 PM, Torre Wenaus via Phys-npps-members-l wrote:

Sure to be interesting. The book is very good.

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From: Lamar, Erica <elamar AT bnl.gov>
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Subject: Guest Lecture–Book Talk by Robert P. Crease: “The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory”
To: Physics Personnel <PhysicsPersonnel AT bnl.gov>

Hello all,

 

 

Please see below for an upcoming event at Stony Brook University.

 

 

 

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From: Chris Bee
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Subject: FYI
To: Michael Begel <mbegel AT gmail.com>

 

Guest Lecture–Book Talk by Robert P. Crease: “The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory”

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 5:00 pm
Simons Center Lecture Hall 102
Reception at 4:30 pm, Simons Center Lobby

A quarter-century ago, a nonhazardous leak led to permanent closure of a valuable research reactor at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The campaign to terminate it included conspiracy theories, misinformation, and political ambition—before the age of social media. The episode’s details offer insights into political vulnerabilities of large scientific facilities.

Robert P. Crease is a philosopher and historian of science in the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook University.  In 2021 he won the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal for “describing key humanities concepts for scientists and explaining the significance of key scientific ideas for humanists.” For 25 years has written a monthly column, “Critical Point,” for Physics World. His books include The Leak: Politics, Activism, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory (with Peter Bond, MIT Press, 2022), and his edited books include Between Science and Industry: Institutions in the History of Materials Science (World Scientific, 2024).

 

Guest Lecture–Book Talk. Robert P. Crease: “The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory” – SCGP (stonybrook.edu)

 

 

 

Thank you,

Erica

 

Erica Lamar

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physics Department

Building 510A

Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-2585

elamar AT bnl.gov

 

 

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