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A short history of nuclear folly : [mad scientists, dithering Nazis, lost nukes, and catastrophic cover-ups]

Herzog, Rudolph (Author).

Summary: "A blackly sardonic people's history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastrophe."--Jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1612191738 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781612191737 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 252 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
    print
  • Publisher: New York : Melville House, 2013.
  • Distributor: London : Turnaround [distributor]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: After the bomb, the world's most dangerous invention -- The red bomb -- The myth of tactical nuclear war -- The radioactive cowboy, or How Alaska got the bomb -- Swords into plowshares -- The doomsday machine -- Flying reactors -- How safe is safe? -- Atomic Australia -- The deadly detours of nuclear medicine -- Broken arrows.
Language Note:
Translated from the German.
Subject: Nuclear accidents History
Nuclear weapons History
Nuclear energy History

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Bethlehem Main Library 363.179 (Text) 33062008093578 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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