The American Atom
A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present
Debate over nuclear policy, whether about nuclear weapons or nuclear energy, most often focuses on issues of the present or the future. The documents collected in The American Atom remind us, however, that the issues involved have a past...We follow the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the 'father of the American bomb, ' thorough his letters, observations of those close to the Manhattan Project and testimony to the Atomic Energy Commission. President Dwight Eisenhower's 1953 'Atoms for Peace' speech demonstrates how far back calls for nuclear sanity go, and the listing of nuclear-weapons accidents shows how dangerous it may be to ignore those…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Williams, Robert C.
- ISBN: 978-0-8122-1354-6
- EAN: 9780812213546
- Produktnummer: 9456274
- Verlag: University Of Pennsylvania Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
- Seitenangabe: 392 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.2 cm 574 g
- Auflage: 2 ed
- Abbildungen: colour illustrations
- Gewicht: 574
Über den Autor
Philip L. Cantelon is President of History Associates, Inc. Richard G. Hewlett is Senior Vice President of History Associates, Inc., and former chief historian of the Atomic Energy Commission. Robert C. Williams is Professor of History, Dean of the Faculty, and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Davidson College.
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