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
Brandt, Christina
Casser, Anja
Clayton, Jay
Cordle, Daniel
Desmarais, Ralph
Dörries, Matthias
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
American Literary History
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Journal of Literature and Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Past and Present
Publishers
Lexington Books
MIT Press
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Petra Books
Reaktion Books
Rombach
Concepts
Science and literature
Science fiction
Science and culture
Public understanding of science
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Science and film
People
Bohr, Niels Henrik David
Bonestell, Chesley
Bronowski, Jacob
Heisenberg, Werner
Slotin, Louis
Masters, Dexter
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Great Britain
China
Germany
Japan
Russia
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