Atomic adventures: secret islands, forgotten n-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
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"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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Mahaffey, J. A. (2017). Atomic adventures: secret islands, forgotten n-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science. First Pegasus books edition. New York, Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mahaffey, James A.. 2017. Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-rays, and Isotopic Murder--a Journey Into the Wild World of Nuclear Science. New York, Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mahaffey, James A., Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-rays, and Isotopic Murder--a Journey Into the Wild World of Nuclear Science. New York, Pegasus Books, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mahaffey, James A.. Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-rays, and Isotopic Murder--a Journey Into the Wild World of Nuclear Science. First Pegasus books edition. New York, Pegasus Books, 2017.
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| 300 | |a xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color) ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Author's note -- Introduction: The curious case of the n-rays, a dead end for all times -- Cry for me, Argentina -- AFP-67 in the Dawson Forest -- Inside cold fusion -- Good news and bad news -- The lost expedition to Mars -- The chic-4 revolution -- Japan's atomic bomb project -- The criminal use of nuclear disintegration -- The threat of the dirty bomb -- A bridge to the stars -- Conclusions. | |
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