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Atomic Age America

Martin V. Melosi 2016-09-13

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.

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