UNM's Center for Science, Technology, and Policy is co-sponsoring the Santa Fe Council on International Relations’ Fall 2007 International Lecture Series “Safety in a Nuclear World: Fears, Hopes, and Realities.” The series kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. with Richard Rhodes presenting, "Where Have All the Secrets Gone? A Layman’s Guide to Nukes." This event will take place at The Forum, College of Santa Fe.
Photo: Richard Rhodes
Rhodes is the author of 20 books, including “The Making of the Atomic Bomb,” which won a Pulitzer Prize in non-fiction, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award, and “Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb.” He is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and is currently working on a third volume of nuclear history, “Endgame.”
The next three lectures feature Dan E. Caldwell, professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University, presenting, “Clouds on the Horizon: Eroding Constraints and the Seductive Attraction of Nuclear Weapons,” on Saturday, Oct. 20; Ambassador Thomas Graham, chair, Cypress Fund for Peace and Security, presenting, “The Ideal Protective Package: From Proliferation to Reciprocal Reduction,” on Saturday, Nov. 10; and Dr. Richard L. Garwin, IBM Fellow Emeritus, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, presenting, “Getting the Best Deal We Can: A Practitioner’s View,” on Saturday, Dec. 1.
For more information, contact Andrew L. Ross, director, UNM Center for Science, Technology, and Policy, at aross@unm.edu or 277-7391. For reservations go to Santa Fe Council or phone (505) 982-4931.
RHODES IN ALBUQUERQUE
Rhodes will also present a lecture and book signing at the National Atomic Museum Sunday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. He will be signing a soon-to-be-released third volume of nuclear history, "Arsenals of Folly: Nuclear Weapons in the Cold War," which examines the international politics of nuclear weapons in the last years of the Cold War.
The lecture is the first in a series, sponsored by the Albuquerque International Association, titled, “Safety in a Nuclear World: Fears, Hopes, Realities.”
Reservation information is available at Albuquerque International Club or by calling 856-7277.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu