Atomic Age America

Name: Atomic Age America
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ISBN: 9780205862214

ISBN-10: 0205862217

ISBN-13: 9780205862214

Edition: 2013

Authors: Martin V. Melosi

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Examines atomic energy as a lens to 20th and 21st-century America. Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy—focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power—on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical impacts of atomic energy on the 20th and 21st centuries, with a look back to the origins of atomic theory. Learning Goals Upon completing this book readers will be able to: Develop a background in the origins of atomic theory and atomic science View nuclear technologies within the historical context in which they were created and used Understand how atomic energy…

Book details

List price: $78.47
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 11/6/2012
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 324
Size: 6.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction: A Most Controversial Technology



A Community of Scientists: Atomic Theory over the Centuries



Government Mobilizes the Atom: War, Big Science, and the Manhattan Project



Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Aftermath: From Total War to Cold War



the Cold War and Atomic Diplomacy: Deterrence, Espionage, and the Super



Invincible to Vulnerable in the Age of Anxiety: Massive Retaliation, Fallout, and the Sputnik Crisis



to the Brink: the Military-Industrial Complex, the Berlin and Cuban Crises, and the Lingering Arms Race



Too Cheap to Meter, Too Tempting to Ignore: Peaceful Uses of the Atom



Nuclear Power v. the Environment: the Bandwagon Market, Reactor Safety, and the Energy Crisis



the Post-TMI World, Chernobyl, and the Future of Nuclear Power



Pax Atomica-or Pox Atomica--at the End of the Cold War



Proliferation, Terrorism, and Climate Change: the Atom in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century


Conclusion: From Hiroshima to Fukushima