Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
What Every Citizen Should Know About Nuclear Power and Nuclear War
Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
ISBN: 978-0-306-43771-7
Verlag: Springer US
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Introduction: Chernobyl and Hiroshima.- I. Atoms and Life.- 1. Atoms: What the Universe Is Made Of.- 2. Molecules: How the Atoms Fit Together.- 3. Radiation: How the Atoms Interact.- II. Radiations and Life.- 4. Radiation Biology.- 5. Radioisotopes in Medicine and Industry.- III. The Power.- 6. Nuclear Creation.- 7. Nuclear Power Reactors.- 8. Nuclear Reactor Accidents.- 9. Nuclear Waste Disposal.- 10. Myth I: Nuclear Power Is Too Dangerous.- 11. The Power Problem.- IV. The Peril.- 12. Nuclear Weapons and Arsenals.- 13. Nuclear War: I. The Terrible Swift Sword.- 14. Nuclear War: II. The Slow Death.- 15. Myth II: You Can’t Trust the Russians.- 16. Nuclear Confrontation.- 17. New Perspectives.- V. Living with Lions.- 18. Myth III: War Makes Jobs.- 19. Facts and Fallacies.- 20. Technology, War, and People.- Summary: No Nukes?.- Afterword: The Millennium.- Notes.- Appendixes.