First Title Value for Searching:
The age of radiance : the epic rise and dramatic fall of the atomic era
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Description:
437 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
A narrative of the Atomic Age, from x-rays and Marie Curie to the Nevada Test Site and the 2011 meltdown in Japan.
Contents:
Radiation : what's in it for me? -- The astonished owner of a new and mysterious power -- Rome : November 10, 1938 -- The mysteries of Budapest -- The birth of radiance -- The secret of all secrets -- The first cry of a newborn world -- My God, what have we done? -- How do you keep a cold war cold? -- A totally difference scheme, and it will change the course of history -- The origins of modern swimwear -- The delicate balance of terror -- Too cheap to meter -- There fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp -- Hitting a bullet with a bullet -- On the shores of Fortunate Island -- Under the thrall of a two-faced god.
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, 2014.
Subject:
| Nuclear energy -- History. |
| Nuclear weapons -- History. |
| Radioactivity -- History. |
| Radiation -- History. |
| Atomic energy |
| Atomic power |
| Energy, Atomic |
| Energy, Nuclear |
| Nuclear power |
| Power, Atomic |
| Power, Nuclear |
| Atomic weapons |
| Fusion weapons |
| Thermonuclear weapons |
SAILS ISBN:
9781451660432
9781451660449