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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer And the Secret City of Los Alamosby Jennet ConantISBN 0743250087 (0-7432-5008-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer And the Secret City of Los Alamos'Book summary:In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men, women, and children spent the war years sequestered in this top-secret military facility. They lied to friends and family about where they were going and what they were doing, and then disappeared into the desert. Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable. [via]
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50 Things You're Not Supposed to Knowby Russ KickISBN 1932857028 (1-932857-02-8)
Softcover, Disinformation Co
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Alas, Babylonby Pat Frank, David BrinISBN 0060741872 (0-06-074187-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alas, Babylon'Book summary:Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away.
But for one small Florida town, spared against all the odds, the struggle was just beginning, as men and women of all ages and races found the courage to join together and push against the darkness. [via]
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American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimerby Martin J. Sherwin, Kai BirdISBN 0375726268 (0-375-72626-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'Book summary:American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the awesome fire of the sun for his country in time of war. Immediately after Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generationone of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, the embodiment of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress.
He was the author of a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materialsan idea that is still relevant today. He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb and criticized the Air Forces plans to fight an infinitely dangerous nuclear war. In the now almost-forgotten hysteria of the early 1950s, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup, and, in response, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis Strauss, Superbomb advocate Edward Teller and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover worked behind the scenes to have a hearing board find that Oppenheimer could not be trusted with Americas nuclear secrets.
American Prometheus sets forth Oppenheimers life and times in revealing and unprecedented detail. Exhaustively researched, it is based on thousands of records and letters gathered from archives in America and abroad, on massive FBI files and on close to a hundred interviews with Oppenheimers friends, relatives and colleagues.
We follow him from his earliest education at the turn of the twentieth century at New York Citys Ethical Culture School, through personal crises at Harvard and Cambridge universities. Then to Germany, where he studied quantum physics with the worlds most accomplished theorists; and to Berkeley, California, where he established, during the 1930s, the leading American school of theoretical physics, and where he became deeply involved with social justice causes and their advocates, many of whom were communists. Then to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he transformed a bleak mesa into the worlds most potent nuclear weapons laboratoryand where he himself was transformed. And finally, to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, which he directed from 1947 to 1966.
American Prometheus is a rich evocation of America at midcentury, a new and compelling portrait of a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man profoundly connected to its major eventsthe Depression, World War II and the Cold War. It is at once biography and history, and essential to our understanding of our recent pastand of our choices for the future. [via]More editions of American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer:
The Bomb: A Lifeby Gerard J. De GrootISBN 0674022351 (0-674-02235-1)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Tellerby Gregg HerkenISBN 080506589X (0-8050-6589-X)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller'Book summary:It would be difficult to identify three American scientists whose work had a greater effect on world politics than Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller. This exhaustive account of how they worked together (and competed against each other) on the development of the atomic and hydrogen bombs is more a story of people than science. Author Gregg Herken of the Smithsonian Institution informs us, for instance, of Oppenheimer's "riotous parties" in the 1930s, in which latecomers would see "the top physicists of their generation, drunk and crouched on all fours, playing a version of tiddly-winks on the geometric patterns of Oppenheimer's Navajo rug." Despite a few light touches, Brotherhood of the Bomb is no breezy profile of three great minds. Instead, it is a serious look at invention, rivalry, and betrayal. One of the central episodes involves Oppenheimer's too-cozy relationship with radical-left politics--he carelessly associated with Communists, even though he occupied one of the most sensitive jobs in the U.S. government during the cold war--and Teller's momentous decision to testify against him. This event is one of the most controversial in the annals of American science, and Herken tells it straight, with barely a word of editorial comment. Fans of Richard Rhodes will enjoy this triple biography, as will anybody with an interest in science, politics, and top-secret security clearances. --John J. Miller [via]
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China Builds the Bombby Xue Litai, John Wilson LewisISBN 0804718415 (0-8047-1841-5)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Copenhagenby Michael FraynISBN 0385720793 (0-385-72079-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Copenhagen'Book summary:For most people, the principles of nuclear physics are not only incomprehensible but inhuman. The popular image of the men who made the bomb is of dispassionate intellects who number-crunched their way towards a weapon whose devastating power they could not even imagine. But in his Tony Award-winning play Copenhagen, Michael Frayn shows us that these men were passionate, philosophical, and all too human, even though one of the three historical figures in his drama, Werner Heisenberg, was the head of the Nazis' effort to develop a nuclear weapon. The play's other two characters, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, are involved with Heisenberg in an after-death analysis of an actual meeting that has long puzzled historians. In 1941, the German scientist visited Bohr, his old mentor and long-time friend, in Copenhagen. After a brief discussion in the Bohrs' home, the two men went for a short walk. What they discussed on that walk, and its implications for both scientists, have long been a mystery, even though both scientists gave (conflicting) accounts in later years.
Frayn's cunning conceit is to use the scientific underpinnings of atomic physics, from Schrödinger's famous cat to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, to explore how an individual's point of view renders attempts to discover the ultimate truth of any human interaction fundamentally impossible. To Margrethe, Heisenberg was always an untrustworthy student, eager to steal from her husband's knowledge. To Bohr, Heisenberg was a brilliant if irresponsible foster son, whose lack of moral compass was part of his genius. As for Heisenberg, the man who could have built the bomb but somehow failed to, his dilemma is at the heart of the play's conflict. Frayn's clever dramatic structure, which returns repeatedly to particular scenes from different points of view, allows several possible theories as to what his motives could have been. This isn't the first play to successfully merge the worlds of science and theater (one is inevitably reminded of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and Hapgood), but it's certainly one of the most dramatically successful. --John Longenbaugh [via]
Danger and Survivalby McGeorge BundyISBN 0679725687 (0-679-72568-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Danger and Survival : The Political History of the Nuclear Weaponby McGeorge BundyISBN 0394522788 (0-394-52278-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bombby Richard RhodesISBN 0684824140 (0-684-82414-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb'Book summary:An engrossing history of the scientific discoveries, political maneuverings, and cold-war espionage leading to the creation of mankind's most destructive weapon.
Includes 94 archival photographs and a glossary with brief descriptions of the hundreds of people interviewed and discussed in the book. Author Richard Rhodes won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his previous atomic tome, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. [via]
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Dirty Bomb: WEAPON OF MASS DISRUPTIONby Gil KingISBN 1596090006 (1-59609-000-6)
Softcover, Chamberlain Brothers
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Dragonby Clive CusslerISBN 1416537805 (1-4165-3780-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Einstein's Monstersby Martin AmisISBN 0679729968 (0-679-72996-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Einstein's Monsters'Book summary:A collection of stories about a frightening world inhabited by people dehumanized by the daily threat of nuclear war and postwar survivors deformed by its results.
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Falloutby Robert SwindellsISBN 0688117783 (0-688-11778-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Fate of the Earthby Jonathan SchellISBN 0380613255 (0-380-61325-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fate of the Earth'Book summary:When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him and he did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book.
It is very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to set one off.
Schell makes sure all of us know the horrendous possibilities of a nuclear exchange and all the reasons for bringing such possibilities to a halt.
Everyone agrees. The question is, how do we get these monsters under control? [via]
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The Fate of the Earth and the Abolition: And, the Abolitionby Jonathan SchellISBN 0804737029 (0-8047-3702-9)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fate of the Earth and the Abolition: And, the Abolition'Book summary:Now combined in one volume, these two books helped focus national attention in the early 1980s on the movement for a nuclear freeze. The Fate of the Earth painted a chilling picture of the planet in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust, while The Abolition offered a proposal for full-scale nuclear disarmament. With the recent tensions in India and Pakistan, and concerns about nuclear proliferation around the globe, public attention is once again focused on the worldwide nuclear situation. The author is at the forefront of the discussion. In February 1998, his lengthy essay constituted the centerpiece of a special, widely distributed issue of The Nation dealing with the nuclear arms race. The relevance of his two books for today's debates is undeniable, as many experts assert that the nuclear situation is more dangerous than ever.[via]
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"This is a work of enormous force. There are moments when it seems to hurtle almost out of control, across an extraordinary range of fact and thought. But in the end, it accomplishes what no other work has managed to do in the years of the nuclear age. It compels usand compel is the right wordto confront head on the nuclear peril."
New York Times Book Review
"There have been thousands of commentaries on what this new destructive power of man means; but my guess is that Schell's book . . . will become the classic statement of the emerging consciousness."
Max Lerner, New Republic
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"As always, Schell is interesting and ingenious, eloquent and sometimes moving. He presents his case with clarity, and with candor about its possible shortcomings."
New Republic
"A reasoned argument. . . . As this work will do much to stimulate the ongoing nuclear debate, it is highly recommended."
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Hiroshimaby John HerseyISBN 155504154X (1-55504-154-X)
Softcover, John Curley & Assoc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hiroshima'Book summary:When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, few could have anticipated its potential for devastation. Pulitzer prize-winning author John Hersey recorded the stories of Hiroshima residents shortly after the explosion and, in 1946, Hiroshima was published, giving the world first-hand accounts from people who had survived it. The words of Miss Sasaki, Dr. Fujii, Mrs. Nakamara, Father Kleinsorg, Dr. Sasaki, and the Reverend Tanimoto gave a face to the statistics that saturated the media and solicited an overwhelming public response. Whether you believe the bomb made the difference in the war or that it should never have been dropped, "Hiroshima" is a must read for all of us who live in the shadow of armed conflict. [via]
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Hardcover, Random House Inc - Hiroshima: ISBN 0881030252 (0-88103-025-2)
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How to Build a Nuclear Bomb: And Other Weapons of Mass Destructionby Frank BarnabyISBN 1560256036 (1-56025-603-6)
Softcover, Nation Books
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Hundredth Monkeyby Ken KeysISBN 0942024001 (0-942024-00-1)
Softcover, Vision Books
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Israel and the Bombby Avner CohenISBN 0231104839 (0-231-10483-9)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Israel and the Bomb'Book summary:Until now, there has been no detailed account of Israel's nuclear history. Previous treatments of the subject relied heavily on rumors, leaks, and journalistic speculations. But with Israel and the Bomb, Avner Cohen has forged an interpretive political history that draws on thousands of American and Israeli government documents -- most of them recently declassified and never before cited -- and more than one hundred interviews with key individuals who played important roles in this story. Cohen reveals that Israel crossed the nuclear weapons threshold on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, yet it remains ambiguous about its nuclear capability to this day. What made this posture of "opacity" possible, and how did it evolve?
Cohen focuses on a two-decade period from about 1950 until 1970, during which David Ben-Gurion's vision of making Israel a nuclear-weapon state was realized. He weaves together the story of the formative years of Israel's nuclear program, from the founding of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission in 1952, to the alliance with France that gave Israel the sophisticated technology it needed, to the failure of American intelligence to identify the Dimona Project for what it was, to the negotiations between President Nixon and Prime Minister Meir that led to the current policy of secrecy. Cohen also analyzes the complex reasons Israel concealed its nuclear program -- from concerns over Arab reaction and the negative effect of the debate at home to consideration of America's commitment to nonproliferation.
Israel and the Bomb highlights the key questions and the many potent issues surrounding Israel's nuclear history. This book will be a critical resource for students of nuclear proliferation, Middle East politics, Israeli history, and American-Israeli relations, as well as a revelation for general readers.
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It Was Five past Midnight in Bhopalby Dominique Lapierre, Javier MoroISBN 8176210919 (81-7621-091-9)
Hardcover, Full Circle Pub
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Jerusalem Countdown: A Warning to the Worldby John HageeISBN 1591858933 (1-59185-893-3)
Softcover, Charisma House
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The Leaky Establishmentby David LangfordISBN 1903468000 (1-903468-00-0)
Softcover, Big Engine
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The Leaky Establishmentby Terry Pratchett, David LangfordISBN 1592241255 (1-59224-125-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Living With Nuclear Weaponsby Harvard Nuclear Study GroupISBN 0674536657 (0-674-53665-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bombby Robert Serber, Richard RhodesISBN 0520075765 (0-520-07576-5)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Making of the Atomic Bombby Richard RhodesISBN 0684813785 (0-684-81378-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb'Book summary:If the first 270 pages of this book had been published separately, they would have made up a lively, insightful, beautifully written history of theoretical physics and the men and women who plumbed the mysteries of the atom. Along with the following 600 pages, they become a sweeping epic, filled with terror and pity, of the ultimate scientific quest: the development of the ultimate weapon. Rhodes is a peerless explainer of difficult concepts; he is even better at chronicling the personalities who made the discoveries that led to the Bomb. Niels Bohr dominates the first half of the book as J. Robert Oppenheimer does the second; both men were gifted philosophers of science as well as brilliant physicists. The central irony of this book, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, is that the greatest minds of the century contributed to the greatest destructive force in history. [via]
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Megawatts and Megatons : A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?by Richard L. Garwin, Georges CharpakISBN 0375403949 (0-375-40394-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Megawatts and Megatons : A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?'Book summary:For nearly sixty years the menace of nuclear war has hung over humanity, while at the same time the promise of nuclear energy has enticed us. In Megawatts and Megatons, two of the worlds most eminent physicistsFrench Nobel Prize laureate Georges Charpak and American Enrico Fermi Awardwinner Richard L. Garwinassess with consummate authority the benefits of nuclear energy and the dangers of nuclear weaponry.
Garwin and Charpak begin by elucidating the discoveries that have allowed us to manipulate nuclear energy with increasing ease. They clearly and concisely explain complex principles of fission and fusion pertaining to nuclear weaponry and the generation of nuclear electric power. They also make a strong and eloquent argument in favor of arms control. More than ten thousand nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union, together with a similar number in the United States, have the capacity to destroy the world many times over. The nuclear club of nations is growing, with India and Pakistan its latest members and Iran, Iraq, and North Korea striving for admission. Even the possibility of a single weapon in the hands of a terrorist groupor a lone
terroristposes a threat that we cannot ignore.
Meanwhile, nuclear power already provides one-sixth of all electrical energy in the worldFrance, for instance, derives 80% of its electricity from reactors but nuclear power has met with great resistance in the United States, where the specter of the Three Mile Island breakdown still looms in the publics consciousness. Garwin and Charpak take a temperate, rational tone in evaluating the benefits of nuclear energy. They show how it can provide an assured, economically feasible, and environmentally responsible supply of energy in a way that avoids the hazards of weapons proliferation.
Cogently written, passionately and carefully ar-guedand featuring explanatory technical drawings as well as illustrations by the world-famous French cartoonist SempéMegawatts and Megatons is a thoughtful and important primer on two of the central issues of our time. [via]More editions of Megawatts and Megatons : A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?:
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Megawatts and Megatrons: The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weaponsby Georges Charpak, Richard L. GarwinISBN 0226284271 (0-226-28427-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Megawatts and Megatrons: The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons'Book summary:In Megawatts and Megatons, world-renowned physicists Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak offer an accessible, eminently well-informed primer on two of the most important issues of our time: nuclear weapons and nuclear power. They begin by explaining clearly and concisely how nuclear fission and fusion work in both warheads and reactors, and how they can impact human health. Making a strong and eloquent argument in favor of arms control, Garwin and Charpak outline specific strategies for achieving this goal worldwide. But they also demonstrate how nuclear power can provide an assured, economically feasible, and environmentally responsible source of energyin a way that avoids the hazards of weapons proliferation. Numerous figures enliven the text, including cartoons by Sempé.[via]More editions of Megawatts and Megatrons: The Future of Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons:
Missile Envy: The Arms Race and Nuclear Warby Helen CaldicottISBN 0553193848 (0-553-19384-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Nuclear Fear: A History of Imagesby Spencer R. WeartISBN 0674628365 (0-674-62836-5)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastropheby Graham AllisonISBN 0805078525 (0-8050-7852-5)
Softcover, Owl Books
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On the Beachby Nevil ShuteISBN 1842322761 (1-84232-276-1)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds toward an inevitable end.... [via]More editions of On the Beach:
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Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceshipby George B. DysonISBN 0805059857 (0-8050-5985-7)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship'Book summary:Like cheap, shiny space suits and bug-eyed rubber monsters, nuclear-powered spaceships today seem like little more than laughably naïve 1950s science fiction tropes. It might have been otherwise--and still could be. George Dyson, son of supergenius physicist Freeman Dyson, wrote Project Orion to share some of his father's amazing research with the world. Much had been kept secret for years, but Dyson's unique insider status permits great depth and breadth on this important tale. Conceived in the wake of Sputnik, Project Orion was a true vision of '50s engineering: a huge 40-person ship powered by hundreds of tiny atomic bombs, capable of much greater lift and efficiency than chemically driven rockets. Struggles between NASA, the military, Congress, and other parties doomed Orion, but Dyson has gathered hundreds of documents and interviewed most of the researchers and engineers who worked together, trying to reach "Saturn by 1970." His knack for storytelling makes the book a quick, delightful read; even the staunchest anti-nuke activist has to admit that lighting a cigarette off a parabolic mirror facing a bomb test is pretty cool. By the end of the 20th century, technology had caught up with the vision of Orion--it's considered one of our best bets for long-distance space transit. Whether or not that could ever happen politically, Project Orion is a compelling exploration of scientific imagination. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policyby Seymour M. HershISBN 0679743316 (0-679-74331-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1939-1963by Lawrence BadashISBN 1573925381 (1-57392-538-1)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Stalin and the Bomb: The Soviet Union and Atomic Energy 1939-1956by David HollowayISBN 0300066643 (0-300-06664-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Temple Wilderness: A Collection of Thoughts and Images on Our Spiritual Bond With the Earthby Tom Petrie, Greg Linder, Kim LeightonISBN 1572230517 (1-57223-051-7)
Hardcover, Willow Creek Pr
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This Is the Way the World Endsby James MorrowISBN 0156002086 (0-15-600208-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Is the Way the World Ends'Book summary:The Gullivers Travels of the nuclear age, the Alice in Wonderland of the arms race, this mordantly funny and visionary tale of the apocalypse was a Nebula finalist. The trouble starts when George Paxton ingenuously signs an admission of complicity in starting World War III. The only book in the last ten years that Ive read twice...a remarkable achievement (Arthur C. Clarke).[via]More editions of This Is the Way the World Ends:
Trident on Trial People's Disarmement And the Trident: The Case for People's Disarmamentby Angie Zelter, Cinders McleodISBN 1842820044 (1-84282-004-4)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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Voices From Chernobylby Svetlana Alexievich, Keith GessenISBN 1564784010 (1-56478-401-0)
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War and Peace in the Nuclear Ageby John NewhouseISBN 0394562178 (0-394-56217-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Weapons and Hopeby Freeman J. DysonISBN 0060390395 (0-06-039039-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Weapons of Mass Destruction: The No-Nonsense Guide to Nuclear, Chemical and Bilogical Weapons Todayby Robert HutchinsonISBN 0304366536 (0-304-36653-6)
Softcover, Cassell P L C
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A Politica Nuclear E O Caminho Das Armas Atomicasby Luiz Pinguelli RosaISBN 8585061219 (85-85061-21-9)
Hardcover, J. Zahar
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Alvaro Alberto: A Ciencia Do Brasilby Joao Carlos Vitor GarciaISBN 8585910291 (85-85910-29-1)
Hardcover, PETROBRAS
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Brasil Alemanha: Fases De Uma Parceria, 1964-1999by Christian LohbauerISBN 8585535954 (85-85535-95-4)
Hardcover, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
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Brasil, a Bomba Ocultaby Tania MalheirosISBN 8585469048 (85-85469-04-8)
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Historias Secretas Do Brasil Nuclearby Tania MalheirosISBN 8585644087 (85-85644-08-7)
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O Almirante E O Novo Prometeu: Alvaro Alberto E a C&Tby Shozo Motoyama, Joao Carlos Vitor GarciaISBN 8571391351 (85-7139-135-1)
Hardcover, Editora UNESP, Fundacao
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Renato Archer: Energia Atomica, Soberania E Desenvolvimento Depoimentoby Joao Carlos Vitor Garcia, Renato Archer, Alvaro Rocha FilhoISBN 8585910860 (85-85910-86-0)
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Saddam, O Amigo Do Brasil: A Historia Secreta Da Conexao Bagda Os Negocios Bilionarios E a Bomba Atomica Que Brasileiros E Iraquianos Sonharam Fazerby Leonardo AttuchISBN 8573034165 (85-7303-416-5)
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Les Amants Mauditsby Katia GranoffISBN 2264002190 (2-264-00219-0)
Hardcover, Union generale d'editions
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Le Desert Mauveby Nicole BrossardISBN 2890062805 (2-89006-280-5)
Hardcover, L'Hexagone
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Essai Sur La Geographie Siderale Des Pays D'oc Et D'ailleursby Guy-Rene DoumayrouISBN 2264000880 (2-264-00088-0)
Hardcover, Union generale d'editions
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Pour Une Gestion Durable Des Dechets Nucleaires: Quelles Decisionsby Aude Le DarsISBN 2130539386 (2-13-053938-6)
Hardcover, Presses universitaires de France
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LA Caza Del Submarino Ruso/the Hunt for Red Octoberby Tom ClancyISBN 9500405490 (950-04-0549-0)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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Heller Als Tausend Sonnen: D. Schicksal D. Atomforscherby Robert JungkISBN 3499166291 (3-499-16629-1)
Hardcover, Rowohlt
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