Book ID: CBB001213743

The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (2012)

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Ramana, M. V. (Author)


Penguin


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xxxiv + 366 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Examining different aspects of India's nuclear energy program and the claims of success made on its behalf, M.V. Ramana makes a historically nuanced and compelling argument as to why it has failed in the past and why its future is dubious.

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Authors & Contributors
Sarkar, Jayita
Carson, Cathryn L.
Yeon-Jung, Ji
Martin Theaker
Kelly, Dominic
Gavin, Francis J.
Journals
Cold War History
Journal of the History of Biology
Journal of Asian Studies
History and Technology
Environmental History
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Publishers
Cornell University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Permanent Black
Oxford University Press
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Science and government
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Cold War
Nuclear testing
People
Sarabhai, Vikram
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Huxley, Julian Sorell
Huxley, Aldous
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
India
United States
Japan
Europe
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Institutions
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Atomic Energy Commission of India
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