Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotha...
Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotha...
Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotham.
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/1315
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 538 pages, 16 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue -- Part 1: Birth of a city. The Soviet Prometheus ; Alpha, beta, gamma ; Friday, April 25, 5:00 p.m., Pripyat ; Secrets of the peaceful atom ; Friday, April 25, 11:55 p.k., Unit Control Room Number Four ; Saturday, April 26, 1:28 a.m., Paramilitary Fire Station Number Two ; Saturday, 1:30 a...
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Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atom...
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Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster / Adam Higginbotham.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-517) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/1315
Record Identifier
74VKVyypVOMl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVyypVOMl
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ISBN
9781501134616 (hardcover)
1501134612 (hardcover)
DDC
363.1799094777
MMS ID
991024235719002626
