[Illustration: William R. Corliss]
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_.