Edward Condon

Edward Uhler Condon
Lahir	(1902-03-02)2 Maret 1902 Alamogordo, New Mexico, AS
Meninggal	26 Maret 1974(1974-03-26) (umur 72) Boulder, Colorado, AS
Warga negara	Amerika Serikat
Almamater	University of California, Berkeley
Dikenal atas	Riset radar dan senjara nuklir, target McCarthyisme
Karier ilmiah
Bidang	Fisika
Pembimbing doktoral	Raymond Thayer Birge

Edward Uhler Condon (2 Maret 1902 – 26 Maret 1974) adalah seorang fisikawan nuklir Amerika, pelopor mekanika kuantum, dan partisipan dalam pengembangan radar dan senjata nuklir pada Perang Dunia II sebagai bagian dari Proyek Manhattan. Prinsip Franck–Condon dan aturan Slater–Condon mengambil sebutan dari namanya.

Ia merupakan direktur National Bureau of Standards (sekarang NIST) dari 1945 sampai 1951. Pada 1946, Condon menjadi presiden American Physical Society, dan pada 1953 menjadi presiden American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Karya yang dikutip

• Bird, Kai and Sherwin, Martin J. (2005). American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York: Knopf. Pemeliharaan CS1: Menggunakan parameter penulis (link)
• Clark, Jerome (1998). The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial. Visible Ink. ISBN 1-57859-029-9. 
• Dick, Steven J (1996). The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science. New York: Cambridge University Press. 
• Morse, Philip M (1976). "Edward Uhler Condon: 1902 - 1974" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. 
• Moynihan, Daniel Patrick (1998). Secrecy: The American Experience. Yale University Press. 
• Sagan, Carl (1996). The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-40946-9. 
• Wang, Jessica (June 1992). "Science, Security, and the Cold War: The Case of E. U. Condon". Isis. 83 (2): 238–269. doi:10.1086/356112. 
• Wheeler, John Archibald (1998). Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics. New York: W.W. Norton. 

Pranala luar

• Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Resources: Annotated Bibliography for Edward Condon Diarsipkan 2010-08-04 di Wayback Machine.
• American Institute of Physics: Oral history interview transcript with Edward Uhler Condon 17 October 1967, 27 April 1968 & 11 September 1973, Niels Bohr Library & Archives Diarsipkan 2015-01-12 di Wayback Machine.
• Oregon State University: Key Participants: Edward Condon - Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: A Documentary History
• Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Feb 1955, statements of Condon, Corning Glass, and the Atomic Scientists of Chicago, concerning Condon's resignation from Corning
• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir