Nuclear Weapons
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USDNuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons. From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks to, at each point in the narrative, describe the basic science of nuclear weaponry. At the same time, he offers accounts and anecdotes of the personalities involved, many of whom he has known firsthand. Dr. Bernstein writes in response to what he sees as a widespread misunderstanding throughout the media of the basic workings and potential impact of nuclear weaponry.
- Updated Forward for the paperback edition
- Gives reader an understanding of the basic science involved in nuclear weaponry
- Discusses the proliferation of nuclear weapons
Reviews & endorsements
"There's no better person to analyze this crucial and fascinating topic. Jeremy Bernstein is a delightful writer and accomplished physicist who worked at Los Alamos as a young scholar and has since written on such subjects as Hitler's nuclear scientists, Einstein, and plutonium. He combines colorful personal tales with wonderfully clear explanations. He's the teacher we all wish we had."
-Walter Isaacson, President of the Aspen Institute and author of Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007)
"Jeremy Bernstein's Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know is an important addition to the scientific literature." -David Hafemeister, Physics Today
"...an important addition to the scientic literature." -David Hafemeister, Physics Today
"Jeremy Bernstein's Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know delivers as advertised, arming the reader with sufficent historical and technical background to engage contemporary journalism on nuclear weapons or to begin more in-depth study of the histories of science, the Cold War, and related topics." -Edward H. Jeter, World History Bulletin
Product details
February 2010Paperback
9780521126373
316 pages
222 × 146 × 18 mm
0.4kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. The nucleus
- 2. Neutrons
- 3. Fissions
- 4. Chain reactions
- 5. MAUD
- 6. Eka-Osmium
- 7. Serber's primer
- 8. The 'gadget'
- 9. Smoky and the need to know
- 10. Fusion
- 11. Spies
- 12. Proliferation.
