ABOUT THE AUTHOR
WILLIAM R. CORLISS is an atomic energy consultant and writer with 12 years of industrial experience including service as Director of Advanced Programs for the Martin Company’s Nuclear Division. Mr. Corliss has B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Colorado, respectively. He has taught at those two institutions and at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Propulsion Systems for Space Flight (McGraw-Hill 1960), Space Probes and Planetary Exploration (Van Nostrand 1965), Mysteries of the Universe (Crowell 1967), Scientific Satellites (GPO 1967), and coauthor of Radioisotopic Power Generation (Prentice-Hall 1964), as well as numerous articles and papers for technical journals and conferences. In this series he has written Neutron Activation Analysis, Power Reactors in Small Packages, SNAP—Nuclear Reactor Power in Space, Computers, Nuclear Propulsion for Space, Space Radiation, and was coauthor of Power from Radioisotopes.