Gail Marcus's book 'Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development' won the 2013 ASME Engineer-Historian Award.
Sources
- Gail H. Marcus ’68, SM ’68, ScD ’71, and Michael J. Marcus ’68, ScD ’72, Shape Policy in Washington (technologyreview.com)
- https://www.ans.org/news/article-6498/gail-h-marcusans-member-since-1973/ (ans.org)
- https://www.ans.org/about/presidents/gmarcus/ (ans.org)
- https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Firsts-Milestones-Power-Development/dp/0894485768 (amazon.com)
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