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Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science, James Mahaffey
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- Summary
- 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. --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Label
- Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
- Title
- Atomic adventures
- Title remainder
- secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
- Statement of responsibility
- James Mahaffey
- Subject
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- Nuclear energy -- Government policy | History
- trueScience
- trueParticles (Nuclear physics)
- Nuclear facilities -- History
- trueAtomic theory
- trueNuclear physics
- trueRadioactivity
- trueHistory writing -- Science, technology, and medicine
- trueScientists
- trueAtoms
- trueCold fusion -- Research
- Nuclear engineering -- History
- trueScience Writing -- Physics
- trueScience -- History
- trueNuclear weapons -- Research
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. --
- Summary
- The latest investigation from acclaimed nuclear engineer and author James Mahaffey unearths forgotten nuclear endeavors throughout history that were sometimes hair-brained, often risky, and always fascinating
- Assigning source
- from dust jacket
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10565382
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mahaffey, James A
- Dewey number
- 333.7924
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TK9145
- LC item number
- .M329 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nuclear energy
- Nuclear facilities
- Nuclear engineering
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder: a journey into the wild world of nuclear science
- Label
- Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science, James Mahaffey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781681774213
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
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- 959875770
- (OCoLC)959875770
- Label
- Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science, James Mahaffey
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781681774213
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- 959875770
- (OCoLC)959875770
Subject
- trueAtomic theory
- trueAtoms
- trueCold fusion -- Research
- trueHistory writing -- Science, technology, and medicine
- Nuclear energy -- Government policy | History
- Nuclear engineering -- History
- Nuclear facilities -- History
- trueNuclear physics
- trueNuclear weapons -- Research
- trueParticles (Nuclear physics)
- trueRadioactivity
- trueScience
- trueScience -- History
- trueScience Writing -- Physics
- trueScientists
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