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100	1		_aBernstein, Jeremy, _d1929-, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPlutonium : _ba history of the world's most dangerous element / _cJeremy Bernstein.
264		1	_aIthaca, N.Y. : _bCornell University Press, _c2009.
300			_axii, 194 p., [8] pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
500			_aOriginally published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2007.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index.
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aPlutonium _xHistory.
942			_2ddc _cNFIC