Title Nuclear Iran / Jeremy Bernstein.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource (vi, 209 pages) : illustrations, map
Note	Print version record.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Contents	Uranium. Round and round -- Frisch, Peierls, and Dirac -- Unintended consequences -- God the merciful, the compassionate -- Plutonium. Reactors -- The delta phase -- Dual use. Unintended consequences redux -- Among the Ayatollahs -- Breakout.
Summary	[Description]This succinct book is timely reading for anyone who wishes to understand the maze of science and secrecy at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions. Writing for the general reader, Jeremy Bernstein draws on his knowledge as a physicist to elucidate the scientific principles and technical hurdles involved in creating nuclear reactors and bombs.
Subject	Centrifuges -- Iran -- History.
	Nuclear reactors -- Iran.
	Uranium -- Isotopes.
	Plutonium -- Isotopes.
	Nuclear weapons -- Iran.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	SCIENCE -- Physics -- Nuclear.
	Centrifuges. (OCoLC)fst00850833
	Nuclear reactors. (OCoLC)fst01040734
	Nuclear weapons. (OCoLC)fst01040971
	Plutonium -- Isotopes. (OCoLC)fst01067436
	Uranium -- Isotopes. (OCoLC)fst01162224
	Iran. (OCoLC)fst01204889
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929- author. Nuclear Iran 9780674417083 (DLC) 2014010217 (OCoLC)875999995
ISBN	9780674735552 (electronic bk.)
	0674735552 (electronic bk.)

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