Articles by Michael Friedlander

A selection...

• Rebuttal to Howard Margolis article about Project Chariot
  Science, 1961, v134. [DOI]
• Predictions of fallout from Project Chariot
  Nuclear Information newsletter 1961, Vol 3.
  The complete issue contains articles about the physics (above) and biology of the proposed tests, plus information about the people, animals, birds, and fish of the Cape Thompson (Alaska) area.
  [DOI]
• Nuclear Digging
  Scientist and Citizen, 1964.
  This article comprised the entire 20 page issue!
  [DOI]
• Nuclear Powered Gasbuggy
  Scientist and Citizen, 1968. [DOI]
• How Many Children?
  Environment magazine (CEI)
  December 1969 [DOI]
• Is This Trip Necessary? (about conference travel)
  Wash U Magazine, Winter 1970.
• Nature 1975: Good for Science?
  (defending tenure) [DOI]
• 1980 Wash U Magazine: Archaeoastronomy
• Science Fact or Science Fiction?
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch op-ed
  May 9, 1989
  The same op-ed was also published in the Palm Beach Post (Florida) and Salt Lake Tribune (Utah) on May 11 and 14, respectively. It was also published a year-and-half later in The Scientist newspaper (tagline: "The Newspaper for the Science Professional"). ( Wikipedia) (website of The Scientist)
• Cosmic Rays: A Thin Rain of Charged Particles
  1990 Mercury Cosmic Rays
  Mercury (magazine)
  September/October 1990
• Tips for Sympathetic Symposium Speakers (quoting Planck)
  Physics Today
  1993.
• Letter to the editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education (Jan 1996)
  "Saying 'No Thanks' to Tenure" Letter rebutting tenure weakening
  Jan 12, 1996
• 1997 WU Law Quarterly Academic Freedom and Its Defenders (for Dale Swihart)
  WU Law Quarterly 1997: Academic Freedom and Its Defenders
• Galileo had accurate vision of the Moon
  Nature, December 1999
  Letter to the editor
• Looking ahead: Predictions
  Post-Dispatch Op-Ed, 02 Jan 2000
• Heisenberg's Nobel-lauded "uncertainty" principle was an outgrowth of the development of the bomb
  Part of "The art and science of 'Copenhagen'" (the play)
  Post-Dispatch, "Ideas" section (Arts & Entertainment), 7 April 2002.
  Also note two related 2002 public talks related to the play described here.
• A Life of Genius and Tragedy
  Physics World, November 2005.
  An extended background and review of two books on Robert Oppenheimer.
• The Cahokia Sun Circles
  The Wisconsin Archeologist
  2007 vol 88, pp 78-90
• Atomic Bombs, Fallout and Baby Teeth
  St. Louis Beacon, January 9, 2009.
  The Beacon was an online alternative newspaper started by former journalists from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ( Wikipedia).
  Also: A thank you note from the editor.
• Discovery with no statistics required, letter
  Physics World, December 2010.
  
• Nature: A Century of Cosmic Rays
  March 22, 2012 (Vol 483). [DOI]