Nuclear Weapons
$37.40
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
22 February 2022
Summary
A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture.
Although the world’s attention has shifted to drone-controlled bombing and cyberwarfare, the threat of nuclear war still exists. There are now fourteen thousand nuclear weapons in the hands of the nine declared nuclear powers. Even though the world survived the Cold War, we need to understand what it means to live with nuclea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543316 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543311 |
| Author: | Mark Wolverton |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 22 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 178mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series |
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Mark Wolverton
Mark Wolverton is a science writer and the author of:
- Burning the Sky: Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space
- A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- The Depths of Space: The Story of the Pioneer Planetary Probes
His journalism has appeared in WIRED, Nature, Undark, Scientific American, and Air & Space Smithsonian, among other publications.
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