The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. June, 1948. Military Censorship; Loyalty Tests; Argonne National Laboratory; Third Report of the UN Atomic Anergy Commission; Speeches of the Condon Dinner; Soviet Control Plan

Chicago: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good; see scans and description. Chicago: Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1948. The June, 1948 issue of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The famous and historic Doomsday Clock - shown on each cover since 1947, two years after the publication's inception - here shows the time to be eight minutes of midnight as of mid-1948. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 32 pp. (pages 161 through 192 for the annual volume, pages then being numbered after the fashion of the time). Very Good; sunning at spine edge and a bit at edges (scan); modest amount of age-toning to the inexpensive paper of the contents. A scarce issue for the collector; see all scans. Established in 1945 by biophysicist Eugene Rabinowitch and physicist Hyman Goldsmith in response to a correctly-perceived demand for nuclear information at the time by the general public, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is without doubt the most historically significant non-technical publication on the subject of "'global security and public policy issues related to the dangers posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, climate change,[2] and emerging technologies and diseases". Hence, over the years, BAS has become a geopolitical instrument, rather than a nuclear watchdog alone. Feature articles in this vintage 1948 issue: Military Censorship; Loyalty Tests; Argonne National Laboratory; Third Report of the UN Atomic Anergy Commission; Speeches of the Condon Dinner; Soviet Control Plan. More, of course; see scan of contents. Contributors include H.H. Goldsmith & Eugene Rabinowitch (Editors); John Lord O'Brian; Farrington Daniels; Andrei A. Gromyko; R.M. Hutchins; H.C. Urey; E.U. Condon. Very, very scarce as the original monthly softcover issue. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LPR57