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008			090303s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781605980409
020			_a1605980404
020			_a9781605981277
020			_a1605981273
035			_a(OCoLC)286439299 _z(OCoLC)854878502
050	1	4	_aTK9145 _b.M34 2009
082	0	4	_a621.48 _222
100	1		_aMahaffey, James A.
245	1	0	_aAtomic awakening : _ba new look at the history and future of nuclear power / _cJames Mahaffey.
250			_a1st Pegasus Books ed.
260			_aNew York : _bPegasus Books, _c2009.
300			_axxiii, 344 p. ; _c22 cm.
505	0		_aThe paradox inside a puzzle inside a fantasy -- 1: The fantasy -- Invisible demons -- A couple of remaining questions -- Einstein drops a bomb -- The other end of the universe -- Breaking open the atom -- 2: The puzzle -- A fortuitous condensation of genius -- An implied threat from the Fatherland -- A jolt in the dark -- A light at the mouth of the tunnel -- Post-war planning -- 3: The paradox -- A quest for power -- Digging canals, curing cancer, and flying to Jupiter -- The graphite's on fire! -- Nuclear rockets and nuclear airplanes -- The building boom, the bust, and a resurgence -- The radioactive park.
520			_aEvaluates the potential of nuclear technology as a non-polluting, renewable energy source while describing how nuclear energy's negative association with weapons development and the Cold War has stymied the progress of its beneficial uses.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aNuclear engineering.
650		0	_aNuclear energy.
942			_cBOOK
994			_aZ0 _bSUPMU
596			_a1 2
999			_c758 _d758