This book is the product of the guidance and assistance of many people,
in particular the archivists and librarians who helped me fi nd the materials that I needed to tell this story. With great appreciation I acknowledge the assistance of Diane Rabson, National Center for Atmospheric
Research in Boulder, Colorado; Margery Ciarlante, National Archives
II in College Park, Maryland; Janice Goldblum, National Academy of
Sciences Archives; Judith Goodstein, Charlotte Erwin and Bonnie Ludt,
California Institute of Technology Archives; Michelle Blakeslee, Niels Bohr
Library, American Institute of Physics, College Park, Maryland; Geoffrey
P. Williams, M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and
Archives, State University of New York, Albany; Nora Murphy, Institute
Archives and Special Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Bradley Gernand and the staff, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress;
Deborah Day, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives; the archivists of the University of Washington Archives; Jinny Nathans, American
Meteorological Society; Pamela Henson, Smithsonian Institution; Doria
Grimes, NOAA Central Library; and Joe Toth, Valley Library, Oregon State
University. Thanks also to those who helped me fi nd materials and shared
information with me while I visited the University of Stockholm: Eva
Tiberg, Erland Källén, Karl Grandin, and Anders Carlsson.