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000347478 05014 $$aTK9145$$b.M34 2009
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000347478 1001_ $$aMahaffey, James A.
000347478 24510 $$aAtomic awakening :$$ba new look at the history and future of nuclear power /$$cJames Mahaffey.
000347478 250__ $$a1st Pegasus Books ed.
000347478 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPegasus Books,$$c2009.
000347478 300__ $$axxiii, 344 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000347478 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000347478 5050_ $$aThe paradox inside a puzzle inside a fantasy -- 1: The fantasy -- Invisible demons -- A couple of remaining questions -- Einstein drops a bomb -- The other end of the universe -- Breaking open the atom -- 2: The puzzle -- A fortuitous condensation of genius -- An implied threat from the Fatherland -- A jolt in the dark -- A light at the mouth of the tunnel -- Post-war planning -- 3: The paradox -- A quest for power -- Digging canals, curing cancer, and flying to Jupiter -- The graphite's on fire! -- Nuclear rockets and nuclear airplanes -- The building boom, the bust, and a resurgence -- The radioactive park.
000347478 520__ $$aEvaluates the potential of nuclear technology as a non-polluting, renewable energy source while describing how nuclear energy's negative association with weapons development and the Cold War has stymied the progress of its beneficial uses.
000347478 650_0 $$aNuclear engineering.
000347478 650_0 $$aNuclear energy.
000347478 85200 $$bgen$$hTK9145$$i.M34$$i2009
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