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RECORD NUMBER: 19 OF 32| Main Title | Plutonium : a history of the world's most dangerous element / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Bernstein, Jeremy | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Joseph Henry Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2007 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 76481517 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780309102964 (hardback) 0309102960 (pdf) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Plutonium--History | |||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 194 p., {8} p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-182) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Preamble -- The history of uranium -- The periodic table -- Frau R ontgen's hand -- Close calls -- Fissions -- Transuranics -- Plutonium goes to war -- Los Alamos -- Electrons -- Now what? |