- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: The Women's Press Ltd (1 Mar 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 070433934X
- ISBN-13: 978-0704339347
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.4 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,005,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is inspiring, essential reading for everyone who would like a firm base of knowledge about ionising radiation and the dangers of nuclear technology. If you want to overcome your "nuclear illiteracy," this is the book! It is also a long-term reference guide which can be used in campaigns against nuclear power, nuclear waste, nuclear transport, nuclear weapons and radiological weapons. It also gives essential insights into the enormous investment and power interests which align themselves against honest scientific enquiry in this field. Don't leave home without it!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent History of the dawn of nuclear proliferation
23 Sep 2009
Format:Paperback
This is a very well written book that explores the dawn of the atomic age, and the US Government's careless disregard for adverse biological effects of radiation. After the effects became clear, the government began testing off the US mainland, on near islands inhabited by people who had no idea what was going on and let their kids play in the fallout that looked like snow. This book isn't incredibly scientific, but inspired me to do more research on mainland US atmospheric nuclear testing and the correlations between various cancer rates of people who lived in the areas that the wind carried fallout to. Also, I found grad research at Vanderbilt library on direct correlations between atmospheric mainland tests and SAT scores 18 years later ( ie pregnant women exposed to the fallout from tests hundreds of miles away had below average kids ). While I'm pro-nuclear with regard to power, the other side of the nuclear coin is a truly horrifying story. In essence, we've already had nuclear war over the US, with approximately 330 atmospheric nuclear explosions in the western US, and the wind carrying fallout eastbound.
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