Edition |
First Vintage Books edition. |
Description |
xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-394) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : Gwyneth's pilgrimage / Richard Rhodes -- Pt. 1. Origins. Survival -- Always look at the whole -- Ambrosia Lake -- pt. 2. The invisible storm. Mother Nature and Fencepost Man -- Undark -- Into the strange city -- pt. 3. The hidden world. Risk and consequence -- Going to extremes -- Tiny beads -- pt. 4. The kingdom of electricity. Man's smudge -- From arrowheads to atoms -- Barriers -- Unobtainium -- pt. 5. Closing the circle. Ten thousand years -- The huge factory -- 32N164W -- Those who say it can't be done -- The gigantic crystal -- pt. 6. Borrowing from our children. The iron chamber -- "Water them anyway" -- The power within. |
Subject |
Nuclear engineering -- United States.
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Nuclear power plants -- United States.
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ISBN |
9780307385871 |
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0307385876 |
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