The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Language: English
Published by Scribner, 2014
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 437 pp.
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- Title
- The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
- Author
- Nelson, Craig
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 145166043X
- ISBN 13
- 9781451660432
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- List No. 8 - Nonfiction and History
From the end of the nineteenth century through the use of the atomic bomb in World War II to the twenty-first century's confrontation with the dangers of nuclear power, Nelson illuminates a pageant of fascinating historical figures: Enrico Fermi, Marie and Pierre Curie, Albert Einstein, FDR, Robert Oppenheimer, and Ronald Reagan, among others. He reveals many little-known details, including how Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler transformed America from a country that created light bulbs and telephones into one that split atoms; how the most grotesque weapon ever invented could realize Alfred Nobel's lifelong dream of global peace; how emergency workers and low-level utility employees fought to contain a run-amok nuclear reactor, while wondering if they would live or die.
Brilliantly fascinating and remarkably accessible, The Age of Radiancetraces mankind's complicated and difficult relationship with the dangerous power it discovered and made part of civilization.
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Limestone Books
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