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Author Weinberger, Sharon.

Title Imaginary weapons : a journey through the Pentagon's scientific underworld / Sharon Weinberger.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Nation Books, [2006]
©2006

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  355.07 W423I    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  355.0709 WEINBERGER    Check Shelf
Description xxviii, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Prologue : The gateway -- Mickey Mouse's hand grenade -- From Romania with love -- The secret life of the isomer weapon -- Deep in the heart of Los Alamos -- The dental x-ray goes to war -- Do you believe in isomers? -- Hafnium comes to Washington -- Scary things come in small packages -- Isomers hit prime time -- A bomb and a prayer -- The mother of all dirty bombs -- Fringe science takes flight -- Welcome to the far side -- Boom or bust -- Epilogue : A hafnium ending.
Note Includes index.
Subject Military weapons -- Research -- United States.
Fraud in science -- United States.
Science -- Methodology.
ISBN 1560258497: $26.00
Standard No. 9781560258490
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