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Plutonium : a history of the world's most dangerous element

In his new history of this complex and dangerous element, physicist Jeremy Bernstein describes the steps that were taken to transform plutonium from a laboratory novelty into the nuclear weapon that destroyed Nagasaki. This is the first book to weave together the many strands of plutonium's story, explaining not only the science but also the people involved

Print Book, English, ©2007
Joseph Henry Press, Washington, D.C., ©2007