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Author Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- author.

Title Nuclear Iran / Jeremy Bernstein.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 209 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Contents Uranium. Round and round -- Frisch, Peierls, and Dirac -- Unintended consequences -- God the merciful, the compassionate -- Plutonium. Reactors -- Delta phase -- Dual use. Unintended consequences redux -- Among the Ayatollahs -- Breakout.
Summary [Description]This succinct book is timely reading for anyone who wishes to understand the maze of science and secrecy at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions. Writing for the general reader, Jeremy Bernstein draws on his knowledge as a physicist to elucidate the scientific principles and technical hurdles involved in creating nuclear reactors and bombs.
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Subject Centrifuges -- Iran -- History.
Centrifuges.
Iran.
History.
Nuclear reactors -- Iran.
Nuclear reactors.
Uranium -- Isotopes.
Uranium -- Isotopes.
Plutonium -- Isotopes.
Plutonium -- Isotopes.
Nuclear weapons -- Iran.
Nuclear weapons.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- author. Nuclear Iran 9780674417083 (DLC) 2014010217 (OCoLC)875999995
ISBN 9780674735552 (electronic book)
0674735552 (electronic book)
9780674417083
0674417089