From the Herald-Journal on October 27, 1958: Nuclear Physics Bothers "Pretty Head" of Queen
WASHINGTON (AP) - Queen Frederika of Greece is bothering her pretty head about nuclear physics.
Before leaving for New York she amzed officials here with her knowledge of a tough subject.
The Queen advises men and women the world over to start learning about nuclear physics because "our future lives depend on atomic energy."
The idea of a queen getting interested in such a difficult subject piqued interest when Frederika arrived in the United States this month bent on visiting our atomic energy installations.
Greece is about to build its first atomic reactor with the aid of $350,000 from President Eisenhower's Atoms-for-Peace program.
The winsome, brown-haired, blue-eyed Queen, 41, has shown clearly that her interest was not politically or publicity-inspired.
Frederika, a monarch with a social conscience, had not been here long before she proved not only sincere but informed. She got a grade "A" report card from scientists who expressed amazement at her understanding of nuclear physics.
Among them was an Atomic Energy Commissioner, Dr. William F. Libby, former professor of chemistry at the Institute of Nuclear Studies of the University of Chicago.
The Queen, he said, after a luncheon talk about aspects of atomic structure, "is very knowledgeable about the latest aspects of nuclear physics."
AEC Commissioner John Floberg said Frederika had displayed a "vibrant interst" in atomic energy.
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