Adrienne Kolb

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Adrienne W. Kolb is an American historian of science who worked for many years as the archivist and historian at Fermilab. [1]

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Education and career

Kolb studied history at the University of New Orleans, [2] graduating in 1972. [3] She came to Fermilab as an assistant to Lillian Hoddeson in 1983, and retired in 2015. [1] [2]

Books

With Hoddeson and Catherine Westfall, Kolb is the coauthor of the book Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience (University of Chicago Press, 2008). [4]

With Hoddeson and Michael Riordan, Kolb is the coauthor of Tunnel Visions: The Rise and Fall of the Superconducting Super Collider (University of Chicago Press, 2015). [5]

Personal life

Kolb is married to Edward ("Rocky") Kolb, a professor of physics at the University of Chicago. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Matthews, Jermey N. A. (March 2016), "Questions and answers with Adrienne Kolb", Physics Today, {AIP} Publishing, doi:10.1063/pt.5.3034
  2. 1 2 3 Higgins, Valerie (June 23, 2015), Adrienne Kolb retires, Fermilab
  3. "Adrienne W. Kolb (Fermilab)", Inspire, retrieved 2020-06-26
  4. Reviews of Fermilab:
  5. Reviews of Tunnel Visions: