Background
Masters, Dexter Wright was born on June 15, 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Davis and Gertrude (Mettler) Masters.
( In 1946, just months after atomic bombs were dropped on...)
In 1946, just months after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scientists who had developed nuclear technology came together to express their concerns and thoughts about the nuclear age they had unleashed. In a small, urgent book of essays, legends including Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein, and Robert Oppenheimer try to help readers understand the magnitude of their scientific breakthrough, fret openly about the implications for world policy, and caution, in the words of Nobel Prize–winning chemist Harold C. Urey, that “There Is No Defense.” The original edition of One World or None sold 100,000 copies and was a New York Times bestseller. Today, with the nuclear issue front and center once more, the book is as timely as ever. Contributors: • H.H. Arnold • Niels Bohr • Arthur H. Compton • E.U. Condon • Albert Einstein • The Federation of American (Atomic) Scientists • Irving Langmuir • Walter Lippmann • Philip Morrison • J.R. Oppenheimer • Richard Rhodes • Louis N. Ridenour • Frederick Seitz and Hans Bethe • Harlow Shapley • Leo Szilard • Harold Urey • Eugene P. Wigner • Gale Young
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Masters, Dexter Wright was born on June 15, 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Davis and Gertrude (Mettler) Masters.
Graduate, Choate School, 1926. Bachelor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1930.
Editor, Tide magazine, 1930-1936; editor, Consumer Reports, 1937-1942; editor Radar, member of staff Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1945; editorial consultant, McGraw-Hill Public Company. New York City, 1945-1946; publications director, Consumers Union, 1947-1951; director, Consumers Union, 1957-1963; editorial consultant, Consumers Union, 1963-1967.
( In 1946, just months after atomic bombs were dropped on...)
(Book about consumerism.)
Married Christina Malman, March 8, 1941 (deceased January 1959), married second, Joan Brady, September 23, 1963. 1 son, Alexander Wright.