Richard G Hewlett

Biographic Data

ID963756
NAMERichard G Hewlett
GIVEN NAMESRichard G
FAMILY NAMEHewlett
SIGNATUREHEWLETT R G
AFFILIATIONSHistory Associates
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS30
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT30
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1951
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
H-INDEX2

  • The Washington Scene, 1977-1981

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEThe Public Historian1999

    Research Article| July 01 1999 The Washington Scene, 1977-1981 Richard G. Hewlett Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1999) 21 (3): 39–42. https://doi.org/10.2307/3378958 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ric…

  • Eloge: Margaret Gowing, 26 April 1921-7 November 1998

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEIsis1999

  • Richard G. Hewlett: Federal Historian

    Richard G Hewlett, Jo Anne McCormick QuatannensARTICLEThe Public Historian1997References: 3

    RICHARD GREENING HEWLETr was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1923. He attended Dartmouth College as a history major from 1941 to February 1943, when he entered the U.S. Army Air Force. After attending the Air Force Pre-Meteorology school at Bowdoin College, the Electronics Training Center at Harvard University, and the service schools at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and Chanute Field, Illinois, Hewlett served in the China-Burma-India Theater as a rawin (r…

  • Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard-the Man behind the Bomb by William Lanouette, and: The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference by Theodore Rockwell

    Richard G HewlettARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

    Reviewed by: Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard—the Man behind the Bomb by William Lanouette, and: The Rickover Effect: How One Man Made a Difference by Theodore Rockwell Richard G. Hewlett (bio) Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard—the Man behind the Bomb. By William Lanouette. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Toronto: Macmillan, 1992. Pp. xix+587; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00. The Rickover Effe…

  • Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilard-The Man behind the Bomb

    Richard G Hewlett, William Lanouette et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

  • A Story Too Good to Kill: The "Nuelear" Explosion in San Francisco Bay

    Open AccessLawrence Badash, Richard G HewlettARTICLEKnowledge1993References: 3

    In July I944, the U.S. Naval Magazine at Port Chicago, California, was devastated by the largest stuteside explosion during World War II. One ammunition ship disappeared and another was broken in two at this depot near San Francisco; the Navy Court of Inquiry found that all evidence of the cause also disappeared. In 1982, however, a journalist raised the possibility that Port Chicago was destroyed by U.S. authorities in a deliberate, clandestine …

  • Lucky Lady and the Navy Mystique: The Chenango in WW II

    Richard G Hewlett, Brooke HindleARTICLEJournal of American History1993

    Journal Article Lucky Lady and the Navy Mystique: The Chenango in WW II. By Brooke Hindle. (New York: Vantage, 1991. xii, 260 pp. $17.95, ISBN 0-533-08893-3.) Get access Richard G. Hewlett Richard G. Hewlett History Associates Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 80, Issue 3, December 1993, Page 1143, https://doi.org/10.2307/2080537 Published…

  • Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History

    Otis L Graham, Otis L Graham Otis L Graham et al.ARTICLEThe Public Historian1991Cited by: 2References: 1

    Research Article| April 01 1991 Roundtable: "The Ideal of Objectivity" and the Profession of History Otis L. Graham,, Jr., Otis L. Graham,, Jr. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Richard G. Hewlett, Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David Glassberg, David Glassberg Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rebecca Cona…

  • Atoms for Peace and War 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission

    Barton C Hacker, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1991

  • Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Confronting the Nuclear Threat

    Brian Balogh, Carl B Feldbaum et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Looking the Tigerin the Eye: Confronting the Nuclear Threat. By Carl B. Feldbaum and Ronald J. Bee., Atoms for Peace and War, 1935–1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission. By Richard G. Hewlett and Jack M. Holl. and War and Peace in the Nuclear Age. By John Newhouse. Get access Brian Balogh Brian Balogh Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Iss…

  • Rickover: Controversy and Genius

    Richard G Hewlett, Norman Polmar et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1983

  • City Behind a Fence: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946

    Richard G Hewlett, Charles W Johnson et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1982

    Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created by the U.S. government during World War II to aid in the construction of the first atomic bomb. Drawing on oral history and previously classified material, this book portrays the patterns of daily life in this unique setting.

  • The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950

    Richard G Hewlett, Gregg HerkenARTICLEJournal of American History1981Cited by: 4

    Journal Article The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold Wax, 1945–1950. By Gregg Herken. (New York: Knopf, 1980. xiii + 425 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $ 15.00.) Get access Richard G. Hewlett Richard G. Hewlett History Associates Incorporated Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 68, Issue 3, December 1981, Pages 731–732, https://doi.org/10.2307/…

  • The Practice of History in the Federal Government

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEThe Public Historian1978Cited by: 2

    Research Article| October 01 1978 The Practice of History in the Federal Government Richard G. Hewlett Richard G. Hewlett Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (1978) 1 (1): 29–36. https://doi.org/10.2307/3377667 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite…

  • Beginnings of Development in Nuclear Technology

    Richard G HewlettARTICLETechnology and Culture1976

    experimental discoveries of scientists into practical innovations for technology. Even when direct applications for scientific discoveries are clearly apparent, the realization of those ideas in working devices has seldom been easy. Part of the explanation lies in economics. Most technological ideas resting upon sound scientific principles can be realized if we are willing to pay the price in terms of manpower, materials, and money. And yet there…

  • Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962

    Arnold M Pavlovsky, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1975

    Journal Article Nuclear Navy, 1946–1962. By Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1974. xv + 477 pp. Illustrations, charts, tables, appendixes, notes, sources, and index. $12.50.) Get access Arnold M. Pavlovsky Arnold M. Pavlovsky Middlesex County College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 62, Issue 2, September 1975, Pages 473–474, h…

  • Nuclear Navy 1946-1962

    Vincent Davis, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal Canada s…1975

  • The Nuclear Navy, 1946-1962

    Clark G Reynolds, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1975

  • Atomic Shield: A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Vol. 2 (1947-52)

    Ralph Sanders, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1974

  • A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

    Howard S Miller, Richard G Hewlett et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1971Cited by: 8

    Journal Article A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Volume II: Atomic Shield, 1947–1952. By Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969. xviii + 718 pp. Illustrations, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, and index. $11.95.) Get access Howard S. Miller Howard S. Miller University of Southern California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…

  • Tongues of Conscience: Weapons Research and the Scientists' Dilemma . R. W. Reid

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEIsis1971

  • The Politics of American Science, 1939 to the Present

    Richard G Hewlett, James L Penick et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1967

  • A Peril and a Hope: The Scientists' Movement in America, 1945-47

    Richard G Hewlett, Alice Kimball Smith et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1966

  • The Dispersion of Nuclear Weapons. Strategy and Politics . R. N. Rosecrance

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEIsis1965

  • The History of Rocket Technology: Essays on Research, Development, and Utility . Eugene M. Emme

    Richard G HewlettARTICLEThe Journal of Modern History1965