Physics and Nuclear Arms Today is a collection of the best articles written
about the arms race which appeared in Physics Today between 1976 and 1989. The
articles explore a wide variety of topical issues such as the effects of nuclear
weapons, nuclear testing, offensive strategic weapons, defensive SDI or Star
Wars weapons, nuclear nonproliferation and the social responsibility of
scientists as well as a wide selection of articles which chronicle the history
of nuclear weaponry. The authors also represent a broad spectrum of well known
names in the physics community including Andrei Sakharov, Sidney Drell, Wolfgang
Panofsky, Edward Teller, Frank von Hippel, Victor Weiskopf, and Freeman