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The Rise of Nuclear Fear

Spencer R. Weart

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ISBN 9780674052338

Publication Date: 03/19/2012

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Spencer R. Weart is Director Emeritus of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.

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At Good Morning America, read Spencer Weart’s thoughts on the “booming” popularity of household bomb shelters
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At Voice of America, read Weart’s thoughts on residents’ fears in the wake of the Fukushima disaster
Read an article about nuclear risk from Hiroshima to Fukushima—and its impact on popular culture—at the New York Times blog Dot Earth

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