Power to save the world : the truth about nuclear energy / Gwyneth Cravens.
A critical analysis of nuclear energy takes a close-up look at the facts, fears, and myths about this energy resource, offering a detailed assessment of its risks and benefits while refuting familiar arguments against nuclear power.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307266569
- ISBN: 0307266567
- Physical Description: xv, 439 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction: Gwyneth's Pilgrimage / Richard Rhodes xi -- Part 1 Origins -- 1 Survival 3 -- 2 Always Look at the Whole 21 -- 3 Ambrosia Lake 31 -- Part 2 Invisible Storm -- 4 Mother Nature and Fencepost Man 65 -- 5 Undark 80 -- 6 Into the Strange City 112 -- Part 3 Hidden World -- 7 Risk and Consequence 135 -- 8 Going to Extremes 147 -- 9 Tiny Beads 181 -- Part 4 Kingdom of Electricity -- 10 Man's Smudge 193 -- 11 From Arrowheads to Atoms 202 -- 12 Barriers 216 -- 13 Unobtainium 241 -- Part 5 Closing the Circle -- 14 Ten Thousand Years 265 -- 15 Huge Factory 273 -- 16 32N164W 280 -- 17 Those Who Say It Can't Be Done 289 -- 18 Gigantic Crystal 328 -- Part 6 Borrowing from Our Children -- 19 Iron Chamber 353 -- 20 "Water Them Anyway" 360 -- 21 Power Within 372.
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