Books are important sources of historical scholarship. To find books at the Gordon Library:
Ebooks: Many of Gordon Library's books are available digitally, and you can access these via the links in WPI Library Search. For example:
Print books: Print books in the library are organized by call number. When you find a print book in the WPI Library Search, look for the book's call number:
Gordon Library uses the Library of Congress Call Number System to organize our print books. Call numbers A-N are on the 3rd floor of the library. Call numbers P-Z are on the 1st floor. (Please note that the main entrance to the library is on the 2nd floor.)
You can check books out at the information services desk on the main floor. Your WPI ID is your library card.
The books listed here are just some examples of the books you can find via Gordon Library and represent just a few of the topics you may want to research for this class. You can use WPI Library Search to find many books on a variety of topics.
Required Text: Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters by 
Required Text: Barefoot Gen: 5 Volume Set (Volume 2 is a Required Text) by 
Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen by 
Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age by 
Supplying the Nuclear Arsenal: American Production Reactors, 1942-1992 by 
The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan by 
Chernobyl: Crime without Punishment by 
From Transuranic to Superheavy Elements: A Story of Dispute and Creation by 
Eco-Nationalism: Anti-Nuclear Activism and National Identity in Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraine by 
Freeze! The Grassroots Movement to Halt the Arms Race and End the Cold War by 
A History of Technoscience: Erasing the Boundaries between Science and Technology by 
The Cambridge History of the Cold War by 
Deconstructing Dr. Strangelove: The Secret History of Nuclear War Films by Is there something you need that the WPI library doesn't have? Our Interlibrary Loan service allows WPI students and faculty to request items from other libraries free of charge.
Search in WorldCat to find books available at other libraries:
Catalog of books (and other materials) in libraries worldwide.
