| Description |
ix, 367 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-352) and index. |
| Contents |
Radioactive hopes -- Radioactive fears -- Radium : elixir or poison? -- The secret, the master, and the monster -- The destroyer of worlds -- The news from Hiroshima -- National defenses -- Atoms for peace -- Good and bad atoms -- The new blasphemy -- Death dust -- The imagination of survival -- The politics of survival -- Seeking shelter -- Fail/safe -- Reactor promises and poisons -- The debate explodes -- Energy choices -- Civilization or liberation? -- Watersheds -- The second nuclear age -- Deconstructing nuclear weapons -- Tyrants and terrorists -- The modern arcanum -- Artistic transmutations. |
| Subject |
Nuclear energy -- History.
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Nuclear energy. |
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History. |
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Nuclear energy -- Psychological aspects.
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Nuclear energy -- Psychological aspects. |
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Antinuclear movement -- History.
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Antinuclear movement. |
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Radiation -- Public opinion -- History.
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Radiation. |
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Public opinion. |
| ISBN |
9780674052338 alkaline paper |
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0674052331 alkaline paper |
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