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Federation of American Scientists

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83008882

Variants

F.A.S. (Federation of American Scientists)
FAS (Federation of American Scientists)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n83008882

Identifies RWO

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++83008882#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Federation of American Scientists Label from public data source Wikidata
Federation of American Scientists

Earlier Established Forms

Federation of Atomic Scientists

Sources

found: Its F.A.S. newsletter, Feb. 14, 1950.

found: First use of nuclear weapons, c1987:CIP preface (Federation of American Scientists; FAS)

found: Reminiscences of William A. Higinbotham, 1980-1983:p. 37-38 (Federation of Atomic Scientists; name changed to Federation of American Scientists)

found: FAS WWW site, viewed Feb. 9, 2005:"About FAS" page ("The Federation of American Scientists is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, 501c3 organization founded in 1945 as the Federation of Atomic Scientists. Our founders were member of the Manhattan Project ... FAS is the oldest organization dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons ...")

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Change Notes

1983-05-11: new
2015-11-22: revised

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