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The Curve of Binding Energy

by John Mcphee

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Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
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About the Author

John McPhee is the author of twenty-six books, including Annals of the Former World, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1999. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1965 and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374515980
Subtitle:
A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
Author:
McPhee, John
Author:
McPhee, John
Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Scientists
Subject:
Military - Nuclear Warfare
Subject:
Nuclear Physics
Subject:
Nuclear energy
Subject:
Atomic bomb
Subject:
Nuclear industry
Subject:
Nuclear industry -- Security measures.
Series Volume:
5
Publication Date:
April 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
236
Dimensions:
8.26x5.47x.62 in. .63 lbs.
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