Arms and the physicist / Herbert F. York.
Arms and the physicist / Herbert F. York.
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Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics, c1995.
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N327.174/189
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English
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xiii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Making Weapons, Talking Peace -- National Security and the Nuclear-Test Ban / Herbert York and Jerome B. Wiesner -- The Arms Race and the Fallacy of the Last Move -- A Personal View of the Arms Race -- Military Technology and National Security -- Arms-Limitation Strategies -- Thinking about the Arms...
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Publisher
Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics, c1995.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Along the way, you'll meet some of our greatest heros and villains - Lawrence, Oppenheimer, Weisskopf, Teller, General Groves, President Eisenhower, and a cast of hundreds - friends, colleagues, enemies, who for more than half a century, held the fate of the world in their hands....
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Arms and the physicist / Herbert F. York.
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Masters of modern physics ; v. 12.
Cover subtitle: An eye-witness report on a half century of nuclear-age drama.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1995.
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N327.174/189
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74VMBvAZmvKb
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1563960990
9781563960994
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327.174
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991002327579702626
