Radioactive Heaven And Earth
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Radioactive Heaven And Earth
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Author : IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production
language : en
Publisher: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Release Date : 1991
Radioactive Heaven And Earth written by IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production and has been published by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Radioactive Heaven And Earth
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Author : International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. International Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Radioactive Heaven And Earth written by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. International Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Nuclear weapons categories.
Radiation And Radioactivity On Earth And Beyond
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Author : Ivan G. Draganic
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2020-08-26
Radiation And Radioactivity On Earth And Beyond written by Ivan G. Draganic and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-26 with Science categories.
This book features information regarding the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the production of elementary particles, radiation exposure, the geopolitical effects of the end of the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union, and the future of nuclear power.
Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-12
Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-12 with categories.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.
No Immediate Danger
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Author : Rosalie Bertell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
No Immediate Danger written by Rosalie Bertell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Radiation And Radioactivity On Earth And Beyond
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Author : Ivan G. Draganic#x10;þ
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Radiation And Radioactivity On Earth And Beyond written by Ivan G. Draganic#x10;þ and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Radioactive Heaven And Earth
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Author : IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Radioactive Heaven And Earth written by IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with History categories.
Nuclear Fear
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Author : Spencer R. WEART
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Nuclear Fear written by Spencer R. WEART and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Science categories.
Our thinking is inhabited by images-images of sometimes curious and overwhelming power. The mushroom cloud, weird rays that can transform the flesh, the twilight world following a nuclear war, the white city of the future, the brilliant but mad scientist who plots to destroy the world-all these images and more relate to nuclear energy, but that is not their only common bond. Decades before the first atom bomb exploded, a web of symbols with surprising linkages was fully formed in the public mind. The strange kinship of these symbols can be traced back, not only to medieval symbolism, but still deeper into experiences common to all of us. This is a disturbing book: it shows that much of what we believe about nuclear energy is not based on facts, but on a complex tangle of imagery suffused with emotions and rooted in the distant past. Nuclear Fear is the first work to explore all the symbolism attached to nuclear bombs, and to civilian nuclear energy as well, employing the powerful tools of history as well as findings from psychology, sociology, and even anthropology. The story runs from the turn of the century to the present day, following the scientists and journalists, the filmmakers and novelists, the officials and politicians of many nations who shaped the way people think about nuclear devices. The author, a historian who also holds a Ph.D. in physics, has been able to separate genuine scientific knowledge about nuclear energy and radiation from the luxuriant mythology that obscures them. In revealing the history of nuclear imagery, Weart conveys the hopeful message that once we understand how this imagery has secretly influenced history and our own thinking, we can move on to a clearer view of the choices that confront our civilization. Table of Contents: Preface Part One: Years of Fantasy, 1902-1938 1. Radioactive Hopes White Cities of the Future Missionaries for Science The Meaning of Transmutation 2. Radioactive Fears Scientific Doomsdays The Dangerous Scientist Scientists and Weapons Debating the Scientist's Role 3. Radium: Elixir or Poison? The Elixir of Life Rays of Life Death Rays Radium as Medicine and Poison 4. The Secret, the Master, and the Monster Smashing Atoms The Fearful Master Monsters and Victims Real Scientists The Situation before Fission Part Two: Confronting Reality, 1939-1952 5. Where Earth and Heaven Meet Imaginary Bomb-Reactors Real Reactors and Safety Questions Planned Massacres "The Second Coming" 6. The News from Hiroshima Cliché Experts Hiroshima Itself Security through Control by Scientists? Security through Control over Scientists? 7. National Defenses Civil Defenses Bombs as a Psychological Weapon The Airmen Part Three: New Hopes and Horrors, 1953-1963 8. Atoms for Peace A Positive Alternative Atomic Propaganda Abroad Atomic Propaganda at Home 9. Good and Bad Atoms Magical Atoms Real Reactors The Core of Mistrust Tainted Authorities 10. The New Blasphemy Bombs as a Violation of Nature Radioactive Monsters Blaming Authorities 11. Death Dust Crusaders against Contamination A Few Facts Clean or Filthy Bombs? 12. The Imagination of Survival Visions of the End Survivors as Savages The Victory of the Victim The Great Thermonuclear Strategy Debate The World as Hiroshima 13. The Politics of Survival The Movement Attacking the Warriors Running for Shelter Cuban Catharsis Reasons for Silence Part Four: Suspect Technology, 1956-1986 14. Fail/Safe Unwanted Explosions: Bombs Unwanted Explosions: Reactors Advertising the Maximum Accident 15. Reactor Poisons and Promises Pollution from Reactors The Public Loses Interest The Nuplex versus the China Syndrome 16. The Debate Explodes The Fight against Antimissiles Sounding the Radiation Alarm Reactors: A Surrogate for Bombs? Environmentalists Step In 17. Energy Choices Alternative Energy Sources Real Reactor Risks "It's Political" The Reactor Wars 18. Civilization or Liberation? The Logic of Authority and Its Enemies Nature versus Culture Modes of Expression The Public's Image of Nuclear Power 19. The War Fear Revival: An Unfinished Chapter Part Five The Search for Renewal 20. The Modern Arcanum Despair and Denial Help from Heaven? Objects in the Skies Mushroom and Mandala 21. Artistic Transmutations The Interior Holocaust Rebirth from Despair Toward the Four-Gated City Conclusion A Personal Note Sources and Methodology Notes Index Reviews of this book: Nuclear Fear is a rich, layered journey back through our 'atomic history' to the primal memories of monstrous mutants and mad scientists. It is a deeply serious book but written in an accessible style that reveals the culture in which this fear emerges only to be suppressed and emerge again. --Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe Reviews of this book: A historical portrait of the quintessential modern nightmare...Weart shows in meticulous and fascinating detail how [the] ancient images of alchemy-fire, sexuality, Armageddon, gold, eternity and all the rest-immediately clustered around the new science of atomic physics...There is no question that the image of nuclear power reflects a complex and deeply disturbing portrait of what it means to be human. --Stephan Salisbury, Philadelphia Inquirer Reviews of this book: A detailed, probing study of American hopes, dreams and insecurities in the twentieth-century. Weart has a poet's acumen for sensing human feelings ... Nuclear Fear remains captivating as history...and original as an anthropological study of how nuclear power, like alchemy in medieval times, offers a convenient symbol for deeply-rooted human feelings. --Los Angeles Times Reviews of this book: Weart's tale boldly sweeps from the futuristic White City of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the discovery of radioactivity in 1896 through Hiroshima and Star Wars... (An] admirable call for synthesis of art and science in a true transmutation that takes us beyond nuclear fear. --H. Bruce Franklin, Science
Energy From Heaven And Earth
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Author : Edward Teller
language : en
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Release Date : 1979
Energy From Heaven And Earth written by Edward Teller and has been published by W.H. Freeman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Power resources categories.
Based on lectures given by the author during 1975 for the Harvey Prize Lectures at Technion, Haifa, Israel; the Distinguished Visiting Lectures of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo; and a lecture delivered at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nuclear Wastelands
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Author : International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2000
Nuclear Wastelands written by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
A handbook for scholars, students, policy makers, journalists, and peace and environmental activists.A handbook for scholars, students, policy makers, journalists, and peace and environmental activists, Nuclear Wastelands provides concise histories of the development of nuclear weapons programs of every declared and de facto nuclear weapons power, as well as detailed surveys of the health and environmental effects of this development both in these countries and in non-nuclear nations involved in nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining. Among the more obvious but largely deferred costs of the Cold War are those related to the management of radioactive waste. The world is burdened with thousands of unwanted nuclear devices and mounting surpluses of weapons-grade plutonium and enriched uranium. In addition, the process of weapons production and testing has left many lands, aquifers, rivers, lakes, and seas contaminated by a multitude of weapons-related poisons. This book follows the production process step by step and country by country from uranium mining to the final assembly and storage of weapons, analyzing the potential hazards of each step and compiling the most complete information available on the actual health and environmental effects, in each country involved. Nuclear Wastelands includes a wealth of information that has only recently come to light, particularly on the nuclear weapons program of the former Soviet Union. It also features critical analyses of official public communications concerning the health and environmental consequences of nuclear weapons production, bringing to light governmental secrecy and outright deception that have led to the subversion of democratic principles, and have camouflaged the damage done to the very people and lands the weapons were meant to safeguard.