Book ID: CBB001210036

The Rise of Nuclear Fear (2012)

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Weart, Spencer R. (Author)


Harvard University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: 384 pp.
Language: English

Description A shorter, updated, and revised version of Weart's 1988 book Nuclear Fear.


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Review Masco, Joseph (2012) Review of "The Rise of Nuclear Fear". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 813-814). unapi

Essay Review Feldman, James W. (2013) Testing the Nuclear Paradox. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (pp. 531-538). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carlo Paghetti
Marco Castellari
Paola Bozzi
Slaughter, Aimee
Weingart, Peter
Waugh, Patricia
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Science and Education
Past and Present
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Literature and Science
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Publishers
Ledizioni
University of California, Santa Barbara
Transcript
Rombach
Petra Books
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Concepts
Science and literature
Science and culture
Science fiction
Public understanding of science
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Popular culture
People
Masters, Dexter
Slotin, Louis
Wells, Herbert George
Heisenberg, Werner
Einstein, Albert
Bronowski, Jacob
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20th century
19th century
Modern
21st century
18th century
17th century
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United States
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
United Kingdom
Russia
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