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  • A Nuclear Winter's Tale

    Science and Politics in the 1980s

    by Lawrence Badash ...
    Series series Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology
    The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics.The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fires ignited by the explosions would block the sun, creating an extended “winter” that might kill more ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Reminiscences of Los Alamos 1943–1945

    Edited by Lawrence Badash, J.O. Hirschfelder, H.P. Broida ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Although the World War II efforts to develop nuclear weapons have inspired a very large literature, it struck us as noteworthy that virtually nothing existed in the form of firsthand accounts. Now It Can Be Told, by General Leslie Groves, the Manhattan Project's military commander, is probably the most prominent exception, but the scientists themselves seem to have shown little interest in ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

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  • Merchants of Doubt

    How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

    by Naomi Oreskes, Mr Erik M. Conway ...
    The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • SuperFuel

    Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future

    by Richard Martin ...
    Series series MacSci
    A riveting look at how an alternative source of energy is revoluntionising nuclear power, promising a safe and clean future for millions, and why thorium was sidelined at the height of the Cold WarIn this groundbreaking account of an energy revolution in the making, award-winning science writer Richard Martin introduces us to thorium, a radioactive element and alternative nuclear fuel that is far ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • A Bright Future

    How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow

    by Joshua S. Goldstein, Staffan A. Qvist ...
    The inspiration for Nuclear Now, the new Oliver Stone film, co-written by Joshua GoldsteinAs climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Power to Save the World

    The Truth About Nuclear Energy

    by Gwyneth Cravens ...
    An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

    by Kate Brown ...
    While many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown provides the first definitive account of the great plutonium disasters of the United States and the Soviet Union. In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce ... Read more

    $22.39 CAD

  • The Apocalypse Factory

    Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

    by Steve Olson ...
    A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph, decades of secrecy, and the unimaginable destruction wrought by the creation of the atomic bomb.It began with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured in quantity by humans. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to find a way to create a ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Nuclear Energy

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Charles D. Ferguson ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United States virtually died after the early 1980s. The 1986 disaster at Chernobyl only reinforced nuclear power's ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Conspiracy - HAARP

    Good Or Evil

    by Grant Boyden ...
    Series series Conspiracy
    Is it one of the worlds most controversial tools of science or just another weapon of mass destruction? The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, AKA HAARP, is an ionospheric research program designed to advance our understanding of Earth Science.But, HAARP is not only capable of helping mankind, it can destroy it too. This book will make you stop and think because the difference with ... Read more

    $3.93 CAD

  • From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

    A Primer on Radiation and Health

    by Dale Dewar, Florian Oelck ...
    The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, brought radiation to international attention but the exact nature of what had been unleashed was still unclear to most. The 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant again made headlines with estimates of fatalities ranging from 4000 to almost a million deaths. By the time of the shocking 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant social media meant ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • Nuclear 2.0

    Why a green future needs nuclear power

    by Mark Lynas ...
    Everything you thought you knew about nuclear power is wrong. This is just as well, because nuclear energy is essential to avoid catastrophic global warming.While renewables will surely play an important part in our future energy strategy, expecting them to deliver all the world's power is dangerously delusional. In 2014, statistics showed that wind and solar power contributed only 1 per cent of ... Read more

    $11.59 CAD