Summer 2005
Shock Physics: Power, Pressure, and People
After the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear device, the U.S.
determined that staying ahead in the arms race would require the best
scientists and the best weapons. A new federal funding model emerged,
channeling money into universities around the country for research and
the training of the next generation of national scientists. By the late
1950s, WSU had started on shock-wave research. » More ...