Book ID: CBB001031274

Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created the Nuclear Age (2009)

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Aczel, Amir D. (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: 248 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Turchetti, Simone (2011) Review of "Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created the Nuclear Age". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 71). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Alcañiz, Isabella
Bernardini, Carlo
Cooper, Barry J.
Fergusson, Jack E.
Gaspar, Júlia
Holton, Gerald James
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Cold War History
European Physical Journal H
Foundations of Chemistry
History of Physics Newsletter
Latin American Research Review
Publishers
Luigi Pellegrini Editore
Aracne
Auckland University Press
Edições Colibri
Oxford University Press
Praeger
Concepts
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Physics
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Nuclear fission
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
People
Fermi, Enrico
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Hahn, Otto
Meitner, Lise
Bragg, William Henry
Brown, Henry Y. L.
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Australia
Germany
Japan
Institutions
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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