Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science / James Mahaffey.

Author
Mahaffey, James A. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First Pegasus books edition.
Published/​Created
  • New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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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."-- Jacket flap.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index.
    Contents
    • Author's note: stories told at night around the glow of the reactor
    • 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.
    ISBN
    • 9781681774213 ((hardcover))
    • 1681774216 ((hardcover))
    • 9781681777856
    • 1681777851
    LCCN
    2017449221
    OCLC
    959875770
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