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
Language: English


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

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
Carson, Cathryn L.
Abraham, Itty
Ahern, Joseph-James
Greene, Benjamin Patrick
Hamblin, Jacob Darwin
Hollinger, David A.
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Environmental History
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
History and Technology
Journal of Asian Studies
Publishers
Cornell University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Princeton University
Stanford University
Cambridge University Press
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
Concepts
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Science and government
Science and politics
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Government sponsored science
Cold War
People
Huxley, Aldous
Huxley, Julian Sorell
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Sarabhai, Vikram
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
India
United States
Japan
Europe
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Institutions
Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Atomic Energy Commission of India
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