The American atom
a documentary history of nuclear policies from the discovery of fission to the present
2nd ed.
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Contributions
- Cantelon, Philip L. 1940- - Contributor
- Hewlett, Richard G. - Contributor
- Williams, Robert Chadwell, 1938- - Contributor
Publication
1991 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
92,250 words, Guess
Page Count
369 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1551823M
- ISBN-100812230965
- OCLC Control Number24376839
- OCLC Control Numberamericanatomdocu0000unse_s0c0
- Library of Congress Control Number91031676
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- Goodreads1303305
- LibraryThing2899766
Classifications
- DDC355.02/17/0973
- LCCUA23 .A597 1991
Description
Debate over nuclear policy, whether about nuclear weapons or nuclear energy, most often focuses on issues of the present or the future. The documents in this classic collection remind us, however, that the issues involved have a past. We follow the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer 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 calls.
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