Author : Martin V. Melosi
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-09-13
ISBN-13 : 131550975X
Page : 384 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 from 75X voters
Atomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy¿focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power¿on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical impacts of atomic energy on the 20th and 21st centuries, with a look back to the origins of atomic theory.