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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jeremy Bernstein |
| ISBN: | 9780309102964 0309102960 |
| OCLC Number: | 76481517 |
| Description: | x, 194 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | Preamble -- The history of uranium -- The periodic table -- Frau Röntgen's hand -- Close calls -- Fissions -- Transuranics -- Plutonium goes to war -- Los Alamos -- Electrons -- Now what? |
| Responsibility: | Jeremy Bernstein. |
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Abstract:
In his new history of this complex and dangerous element, physicist Jeremy Bernstein describes the steps that were taken to transform plutonium from a laboratory novelty into the nuclear weapon that destroyed Nagasaki. This is the first book to weave together the many strands of plutonium's story, explaining not only the science but also the people involved.
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