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100	1		_aNelson, Craig, _d1955-
245	1	4	_aThe age of radiance : _bthe epic rise and dramatic fall of the atomic era / _cCraig Nelson.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2014.
300			_a437 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, portraits ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A riveting narrative of the Atomic Age--from X-rays and Marie Curie to the Nevada Test Site and the 2011 meltdown in Japan--written by the prizewinning and bestselling author of Rocket Men. Radiation is a complex and paradoxical concept: staggering amounts of energy flow from seemingly inert rock and that energy is both useful and dangerous. While nuclear energy affects our everyday lives--from nuclear medicine and food irradiation to microwave technology--its invisible rays trigger biological damage, birth defects, and cellular mayhem. Written with a biographer's passion, Craig Nelson unlocks one of the great mysteries of the universe in a work that is both tragic and triumphant. From the end of the nineteenth century through the use of the atomic bomb in World War II to the twenty-first century's confrontation with the dangers of nuclear power, Nelson illuminates a pageant of fascinating historical figures: Enrico Fermi, Marie and Pierre Curie, Albert Einstein, FDR, Robert Oppenheimer, and Ronald Reagan, among others. He reveals many little-known details, including how Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler transformed America from a country that created light bulbs and telephones into one that split atoms; how the most grotesque weapon ever invented could realize Alfred Nobel's lifelong dream of global peace; how emergency workers and low-level utility employees fought to contain a run-amok nuclear reactor, while wondering if they would live or die. Brilliantly fascinating and remarkably accessible, The Age of Radiance traces mankind's complicated and difficult relationship with the dangerous power it discovered and made part of civilization."--Publisher information.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-416) and index.
505	0	0	_tThe old world. _tRadiation: what's in it for me? ; _tThe astonished owner of a new and mysterious power ; _tRome: November 10, 1938 ; _tThe mysteries of Budapest -- _tThe new world. _tThe birth of radiance ; _tThe secret of all secrets ; _tThe first cry of a newborn world ; _tMy God, what have we done? -- _tWorld's end. _tHow do you keep a cold war cold? ; _tA totally different scheme, and it will change the course of history ; _tThe origins of modern swimwear ; _tThe delicate balance of terror -- _tPower and cataclysm. _tToo cheap to meter ; _tThere fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp ; _tHitting a bullet with a bullet ; _tOn the shores of Fortunate Island ; _tUnder the thrall of a two-faced god.
650		0	_aRadioactivity _xHistory.
650		0	_aRadiation _xHistory.
650		0	_aNuclear energy _xHistory.
650		0	_aNuclear weapons _xHistory.
650		2	_aRadioactivity.
650		2	_aRadiation.
650		2	_aNuclear Energy _xhistory.
650		2	_aNuclear Weapons _xhistory.
650		7	_a33.43 radioactivity, electromagnetic transitions. _0(NL-LeOCL)080452299 _2bcl
650		7	_aHISTORY _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY _xModern _x20th Century. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSCIENCE _xMolecular Physics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aNuclear energy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01039951
650		7	_aNuclear weapons. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01040971
650		7	_aRadiation. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01086839
650		7	_aRadioactivity. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01088014
650		7	_aKernenergie _2gnd
650		7	_aKernwaffe _2gnd
650		7	_a _2gnd
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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