Atomic adventures secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
With enthusiasm and witty intelligence, Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission--which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does n...
| Main Author: | Mahaffey, James A. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2017.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books edition. |
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| Summary: |
With enthusiasm and witty intelligence, Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission--which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does not--and cannot--exist. And who knew that radiation-counting was once a fashionable trend? Though parts of our nuclear history might seem like fiction--such as when cowboys got their hands on a reactor--Mahaffey's vivid prose holds the reader in thrall of the infectious energy of scientific curiosity and ingenuity that may hold the key to solving our energy crisis--or even send us to Mars. -- |
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| Physical Description: |
xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index. |
| ISBN: |
1681774216 9781681774213 |
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