Don Neeper grew up in the mountains of southern Colorado, graduated from Pomona College in California, and obtained a Ph.D. in low-temperature physics at the University of Wisconsin. Following two years of army service, he went to the University of Chicago where he constructed one of the world’s first successful helium dilution refrigerators. During 1968, he came to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where he worked sequentially on thermonuclear design, solar-heated buildings, and finally on remediation of pollution in soils. After seeing smog in New Mexico while piloting a light plane, he devoted his private time to environmental regulation and, more recently, to writing on the environment, science, and society. Research for his blog on interpersonal and social issues led to the ideas expressed in American Anxiety, which provides an understanding of the current extreme social polarization.

For essays, history, and blog entries, visit https://Neeper.net