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The Curve of Binding Energy by John Mcphee Publisher Comments 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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Nuclear Corrosion Science and Engineering (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy) by Damien Feron Publisher Comments Corrosion of nuclear materials, i.e. the interaction between these materials and their environments, is a major issue for plant safety as well as for operation and economic competitiveness. Understanding these corrosion mechanisms, the systems and... (read more) List Price $400.00 Your price: $385.75 New - Hardcover
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Radioactive Boy Scout : the Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His Homemade Nuclear Reactor (04 Edition) by Ken Silverstein Publisher Comments Growing up in suburban Detroit, David Hahn was fascinated by science. While he was working on his Atomic Energy badge for the Boy Scouts, David's obsessive attention turned to nuclear energy. Throwing caution to the wind, he plunged into a new project... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Los Alamos Primer by Robert Serber Publisher Comments The classified lectures that galvanized the Manhattan Project scientists--with annotations for the nonspecialist reader and an introduction by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. In March 1943 a group of young scientists, sequestered on a mesa near Santa... (read more) Your price: $48.00 New - Hardcover
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Publisher Comments A gripping, authoritative account of the men, women, science, drama and intrigue behind the single most important event of the century: the discovery of nuclear energy and construction of the atomic bomb. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Asleep at the Geiger Counter: Nuclear Destruction of the Planet and How to Stop It by Sidney J. Goodman Publisher Comments "Asleep at the Geiger Counter" vigorously exposes the destructive sweep of nuclear scams and frauds. It documents why nuclear programs mean cancer everywhere, birth defects forever, the uncontrolled proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the increased... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Power To Save the World: the Truth About Nuclear Energy (08 Edition) by Gwyneth Cravens Publisher Comments An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Scientific and Regulatory Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste by David Savage Publisher Comments The disposal of radioactive waste is a central issue in the future of nuclear power and poses considerable technical, political and social issues. This book addresses these topics in an integrated fashion using performance assessment of the disposal... (read more) List Price $385.00 Your price: $51.95 Used - Hardcover
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Contributions in American History #241: Mr. Atomic Energy: Congressman Chet Holifield and Atomic Energy Affairs, 1945-1974 by Richard Wayne Dyke Publisher Comments Dubbed Mr. Atomic Energy by Congressional colleagues and friends in recognition of his 28 years as a member and 10 years as House leader of the House-Senate Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), Democratic Congressman Chet Holifield of California's... (read more) Your price: $152.50 New - Hardcover
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Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity by Thomas B Johansson Publisher Comments Overall performance, cost, market potential, and environmental impact are assessed for fuels and electricity derived from hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaics, solar-thermal, geothermal, ocean and biomass energy sources. In addition, practical and specific... (read more) List Price $110.00 Your price: $36.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Expert Systems Applications Within the Nuclear Industry by John A Bernard Publisher Comments This monograph provides both a compilation and a critical review of the ways expert systems can be applied to the design, management, and operation of research, test, and commercial power reactors. The applications are identified and assessed relative to... (read more) Your price: $85.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Nuclear Forces: The Making of the Physicist Hans Bethe by Silvan S. Schweber Publisher Comments On the fiftieth anniversary of Hiroshima, Nobel-winning physicist Hans Bethe called on his fellow scientists to stop working on weapons of mass destruction. What drove Bethe, the head of Theoretical Physics at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project, to... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Lecture Notes in Physics #838: Theory of Nuclear Fission: A Textbook by Hans J. Krappe Publisher Comments This book brings together various aspects of the nuclear fission phenomenon discovered by Hahn, Strassmann and Meitner almost 70 years ago. Beginning with an historical introduction the authors present various models to describe the fission process of... (read more) Your price: $99.00 New - Trade Paper
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Electron-positron Interactions by Björn H. Wiik Publisher Comments This guide to the physics and observations of Radio Recombination Lines from astronomical sources includes history, theory, applications, 250 equations and 110 illustrations. This soft cover edition contains corrections and updates from hardbound edition.... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $67.33 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Dual Superconductor Models of Color Confinement by Georges Ripka Publisher Comments Physicists who wish to understand the modeling of confinement of quantum chromodynamics, as exhibited by dual superconductors, will find this book an excellent introduction. The author focuses on the models themselves, especially the Landau--Ginzburg... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Hardcover
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Elastic & Inelastic Scattering in Electron Diffraction & Imaging by Zhong Lin Wang Publisher Comments This unique volume provides comprehensive coverage of the theories and techniques of elastic and inelastic electron diffraction and imaging as well as their applications in quantitative structure determination using transmission and scanning transmission... (read more) Your price: $285.50 New - Hardcover
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Nuclear Energy ebook Collection by Gianni Petrangeli Publisher Comments Nuclear Energy ebook Collection contains 6 of our best-selling titles, providing the ultimate reference for every nuclear energy engineer's library. Get access to over 3500 pages of reference material, at a fraction of the price of the hard-copy books... (read more) List Price $435.00 Your price: $404.25 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Atomic and molecular processes in fusion edge plasmas by R K Janev Publisher Comments This well-illustrated resource provides vital cross-section information for the atomic and molecular collision processes taking place in the boundary region of magnetically confined fusion plasmas and in other laboratory and astrophysical low-temperature... (read more) List Price $386.75 Your price: $181.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering (2ND 08 Edition) by Kenneth J. Shultis Publisher Comments Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering reviews important results of modern physics, introduces the theory of radioactivity and radiation, and surveys applications in multiple disciplines. Since the publication of the successful first edition... (read more) List Price $115.95 Your price: $87.50 Used - Hardcover
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Microbial Degradation Processes in Radioactive Waste Repository and in Nuclear Fuel Storage Areas by J. H. Wolfram Publisher Comments While the long-term storage of high-level wastes is just starting in some countries, low and medium-level wastes have been stored for several decades. Further, interim storage of spent fuel has been extended at many locations far beyond the intended time... (read more) List Price $219.00 Your price: $210.79 Google eBooks - Electronic
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