The Rise of Nuclear Fear

Spencer R. Weart

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$30.00 • £24.95 • €27.00

ISBN 9780674052338

Publication Date: 03/19/2012

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384 pages

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

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Preface
1. Radioactive Hopes
2. Radioactive Fears
3. Radium: Elixir or Poison?
4. The Secret, the Master, and the Monster
5. The Destroyer of Worlds
6. The News from Hiroshima
7. National Defenses
8. Atoms for Peace
9. Good and Bad Atoms
10 The New Blasphemy
11. Death Dust
12. The Imagination of Survival
13. The Politics of Survival
14. Seeking Shelter
15. Fail/Safe
16. Reactor Promises and Poisons
17. The Debate Explodes
18. Energy Choices
19. Civilization or Liberation?
20. Watersheds
21. The Second Nuclear Age
22. Deconstructing Nuclear Weapons
23. Tyrants and Terrorists
24. The Modern Arcanum
25. Artistic Transmutations
A Personal Note
Nuclear History Timeline
Notes
Further Reading
Index

Awards & Accolades

A Physics Today Top 5 Books of 2012 Selection

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2012

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