Overview
In 2012 the Center for Land Use Interpretation acquired a set of seven rolodexes from the dispersed collection of former Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Ed Grothus, who operated a salvage company of lab cast-offs, known as The Black Hole. Now part of the Center's Radioactive Archive, the rolodexes contain thousands of business cards kept by some unknown office in the lab over the 1960s and 1970s-the peak of the arms race and its technological development. They are a physical record of everything from major military contractors to obscure high- and low-tech software widget suppliersmany of which are no longer extant, or have evolved. The selection of 150 cards may be viewed as a snapshot of synergies between the business community and America's atomic might. On the one hand, they are a direct indexical connection from the recent past to the sources of creating the most sophisticated and powerful national defense technologies in the world. On the other hand, they are obsolete information, relics of a former usefulness. As a specific printed historical record-superbly reproduced in full color-they are relevant to a potential understanding of the present; they are evocative evidence of the links that formed the secret technology of our nation.
Full Product Details
Author: Center for Land Use Interpretation
Publisher: Blast Books,U.S.
Imprint: Blast Books,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.10cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 10.70cm
Weight: 0.283kg
ISBN: 9780922233458
ISBN 10: 0922233454
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 11 February 2016
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Los Alamos Rolodex 1967--1978 is the perfect complement to my rolodex of hell. Picture this: you're building an atomic weapon; you know it's going to be pretty complex; you're probably going to need some help. Wouldn't it be great if there were a rolodex with the appropriate names and phone numbers of the people who know what you need? Well, guess what? There is. Help yourself. (This is really cool.)"" --Errol Morris"
""Los Alamos Rolodex 1967--1978 is the perfect complement to my rolodex of hell. Picture this: you're building an atomic weapon; you know it's going to be pretty complex; you're probably going to need some help. Wouldn't it be great if there were a rolodex with the appropriate names and phone numbers of the people who know what you need? Well, guess what? There is. Help yourself. (This is really cool.)"" --Errol Morris
Los Alamos Rolodex 1967Â 1978 is the perfect complement to my rolodex of hell. Picture this: you're building an atomic weapon; you know it's going to be pretty complex; you're probably going to need some help. Wouldn't it be great if there were a rolodex with the appropriate names and phone numbers of the people who know what you need? Well, guess what? There is. Help yourself. (This is really cool.) Â Errol Morris
Los Alamos Rolodex 1967--1978 is the perfect complement to my rolodex of hell. Picture this: you're building an atomic weapon; you know it's going to be pretty complex; you're probably going to need some help. Wouldn't it be great if there were a rolodex with the appropriate names and phone numbers of the people who know what you need? Well, guess what? There is. Help yourself. (This is really cool.) --Errol Morris
Author Information
The Center for Land Use Interpretation is a research and exhibition organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. It is based in Culver City, CA.
