Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder - a journey into the wild...
Atomic adventures : secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder - a journey into the wild...
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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Publisher
New York Pegasus Books, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6931
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pagesof plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
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 o...
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Publisher
New York Pegasus Books, 2017.
Edition
First Pegasus books edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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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...
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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-345) and an index.
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©2017
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G 2017/6931
Record Identifier
74VKVGz2wrlg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGz2wrlg
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ISBN
9781681774213
1681774216
DDC
333.7924
MMS ID
991024152419802626
