Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Atomic adventures

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

959875770

Responsibility statement

James Mahaffey

Sub title

secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder--a journey into the wild world of nuclear science

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. --, from dust jacket

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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