Plutonium : a history of the world's most dangerous element / Jeremy Bernstein.
By: Bernstein, Jeremy [author.].
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TextPublisher: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2009Description: xii, 194 p., [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780801475177 (pbk.); 0801475171 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Plutonium -- HistoryDDC classification: 546 BER Summary: In his history of this complex and dangerous element, noted 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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| 541 KEE Why chemical reactions happen / | 541.22 GRA Molecules : | 546 ALD Periodic tales : | 546 BER Plutonium : | 546 BRO Seven elements that have changed the world / | 546 GRA The elements : | 547.122 ATK Atkins' molecules / |
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.
In his history of this complex and dangerous element, noted 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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