Ebook: The Nuclear Lion: What Every Citizen Should Know About Nuclear Power and Nuclear War
Author: John Jagger (auth.)
- Genre: Technique // Energy
- Tags: Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology, Popular Science in Nature and Environment
- Year: 1991
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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. . . human kind cannot bear very much reality. T. S. ELIOT, Four Quartets When I was a little child, I lived in an old and somewhat rickety house by the sea. When the winter wind blew, the house would shake and tremble, and cold drafts would whistle through cracks in the walls. You might have thought that lying in bed in a dark room on such cold, windy nights would have frightened me. But it had just the opposite effect: having known this en vironment since birth, I actually found the shaking of the house, the whistling of the wind, and the crashing of the sea to be comforting, and I was lulled to sleep by these familiar sounds. They signaled to me that all was right with the world and that the forces of nature were operating in the normal way. But I did have a problem. On the dimly lit landing of the staircase leading up to my bedroom, there was a large and dark picture of a male lion, sitting as such lions do with his massive paws in front of him and his head erect, turned slightly to the right, and staring straight out at you with yellow blazing eyes. I had great difficulty getting past that lion. Someone would have to hold my hand and take me up to bed, past the dreaded picture.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Chernobyl and Hiroshima....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Atoms: What the Universe Is Made Of....Pages 11-19
Molecules: How the Atoms Fit Together....Pages 21-33
Radiation: How the Atoms Interact....Pages 35-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Radiation Biology....Pages 51-64
Radioisotopes in Medicine and Industry....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Nuclear Creation....Pages 83-91
Nuclear Power Reactors....Pages 93-110
Nuclear Reactor Accidents....Pages 111-132
Nuclear Waste Disposal....Pages 133-157
Myth I: Nuclear Power Is Too Dangerous....Pages 159-180
The Power Problem....Pages 181-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Nuclear Weapons and Arsenals....Pages 197-213
Nuclear War....Pages 215-232
Nuclear War....Pages 233-251
Myth II: You Can’t Trust the Russians....Pages 253-268
Nuclear Confrontation....Pages 269-283
New Perspectives....Pages 285-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Myth III: War Makes Jobs....Pages 303-310
Facts and Fallacies....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Technology, War, and People....Pages 323-334
Summary: No Nukes?....Pages 335-340
Afterword: The Millennium....Pages 341-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-402
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Chernobyl and Hiroshima....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Atoms: What the Universe Is Made Of....Pages 11-19
Molecules: How the Atoms Fit Together....Pages 21-33
Radiation: How the Atoms Interact....Pages 35-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Radiation Biology....Pages 51-64
Radioisotopes in Medicine and Industry....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Nuclear Creation....Pages 83-91
Nuclear Power Reactors....Pages 93-110
Nuclear Reactor Accidents....Pages 111-132
Nuclear Waste Disposal....Pages 133-157
Myth I: Nuclear Power Is Too Dangerous....Pages 159-180
The Power Problem....Pages 181-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Nuclear Weapons and Arsenals....Pages 197-213
Nuclear War....Pages 215-232
Nuclear War....Pages 233-251
Myth II: You Can’t Trust the Russians....Pages 253-268
Nuclear Confrontation....Pages 269-283
New Perspectives....Pages 285-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Myth III: War Makes Jobs....Pages 303-310
Facts and Fallacies....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Technology, War, and People....Pages 323-334
Summary: No Nukes?....Pages 335-340
Afterword: The Millennium....Pages 341-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-402
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