Memoirs and Personal Stories'

Memoirs and Personal Stories'How does a boy transform his early fascination with how the world works into a career as a notable physicist? Follow Keiths Boyers stories of working with explosives in the mines as a teen, through offbeat jobs to pay for college, and on to a doctorate from MIT. This story is a journey of discovery. Keiths lifes labors ranged from work on early radar, high energy physics, nuclear engines for interplanetary travel, and thermonuclear fusion research, to

How does a boy transform his early fascination with how the world works into a career as a notable physicist? Follow KeithÕs BoyerÕs stories of working with explosives in the mines as a teen, through offbeat jobs to pay for college, and on to a doctorate from MIT. This story is a journey of discovery. KeithÕs lifeÕs labors ranged from work on early radar, high energy physics, nuclear engines for interplanetary travel, and thermonuclear fusion research, to lasers capable of crushing matter to create temperatures similar to the sunÕs core. After a career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Keith worked into his nineties to pursue new objectives such as X-ray lasers and holographic methods capable of imaging molecules and atoms. With a mixture of personal stories and approachable accounts of adventures with complex technologies, discover Big Physics and engineering that helped shape twentieth century technology, seen through the eyes of an inquisitive pioneer.