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Hippel, Frank Niels Von was born on December 26, 1937 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Robert and Dagmar (Franck) von Hippel.
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"Blurb & Contents" Frank von Hippel has been at the forefront of those scientists grappling with the troubled legacy of our Nuclear Age. Von Hippel offers insights about the choices we must make and how science can help us to make them. Topics include nuclear power, atomic weapons, disarmament, energy and the future of automobiles. The scientist's role in public life and the importance of "making trouble" is emphasized. Of interest to physicists, particularly those working in nuclear physics, policy makers, environmentalists and those concerned with nuclear disarmament and the role of science in society.
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Hippel, Frank Niels Von was born on December 26, 1937 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Robert and Dagmar (Franck) von Hippel.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1962.
Frank von Hippel, is a theoretical physicist, and a Professor of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He has worked on nuclear policy issues for over thirty years. Prior to coming to Princeton, he worked for ten years in the field of theoretical elementary-particle physics.
From 1993 to 1994, he was the Assistant Director for National Security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
In the 1980s, as chairman of the Federation of American Scientists, Von Hippel partnered with Evgenyi Velikhov in advising Mikhail Gorbachev on the technical basis for steps to end the nuclear arms race. In 1994-1995, he served as Assistant Director for National Security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
He is Company-Chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials. Primary areas of policy research include: nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, nuclear power and energy issues, improving automobile fuel economy, and checks and balances in policymaking for technology.
He played a major role in developing cooperative programs to increase the security of Russian nuclear-weapons-usable materials.
Von Hippel and his colleagues have worked on fissile material policy issues for the past 30 years, including contributions to: "ending the United States. program to foster the commercialization of plutonium breeder reactors, convincing President Gorbachev to embrace the idea of a Fissile Material Production Cutoff Treaty, launching the United States.-Russian cooperative nuclear materials protection, control and accounting program, and broadening efforts to eliminate the use of high-enriched uranium in civilian reactors worldwide".
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (board directors 1987-1988, Hilliard Roderick prize in Science, Arms Control and International Security 1994). Member Federation American Scientists (chairman 1979-1984, Public Service award 1989), Federation American Scientists Fund (chairman 1986-1993, 96—).
Married Patricia Bardi, June, 1987. 1 child from previous marriage, Paul Thomas.