Radioactive Heaven And Path
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Author | : Kristen Iversen |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2013-06-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307955656 |
“An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.”—Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks A shocking account of the government’s attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic waste released by a secret nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and a community’s vain search for justice—soon to be a feature documentary Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America." Full Body Burden is the story of a childhood and adolescence in the shadow of the Cold War, in a landscape at once startlingly beautiful and--unknown to those who lived there--tainted with invisible yet deadly particles of plutonium. It's also a book about the destructive power of secrets--both family and government. Her father's hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what was made at Rocky Flats--best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities. Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book is both captivating and unnerving.
Author | : IPPNW International Commission to Investigate the Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons Production |
Publisher | : International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Howard Hu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nathan Hodge |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2011-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1608196690 |
In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the road to explore the secretive world of nuclear weaponry. Weaving together first-class travel writing and crack investigative journalism, the pair pursues both adventures and answers: Why are nuclear weapons still on hair-trigger alert? Is there really such a thing as a suitcase nuke? And which nuclear power plants are most likely to be covers for weapons programs? Their itinerary takes them from the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan to the U.S.'s own top-secret "Site R," opening a unique perspective on the world's vast nuclear infrastructure and the international politics at play behind it.
Author | : Benjamin Bederson |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 855 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461215129 |
The 20th century has been the century of unparalleled scientific advances fuelled primarily by discoveries made by physicists. The century also represents the life span of the American Physical Society, not coincidentally, and to celebrate both its own centennial and this remarkable century, the APS has prepared this book highlighting the seminal discoveries of the 20th century, with invited articles by the world's most eminent living physicists, including 12 physics Nobel Prize winners. Some 40 chapters cover a broad range of topics in physics written in an engaging and personal style. While the technical level is high, these are not review articles, but rather perspectives on discoveries written by those scientists most closely associated with the original work, as well as future directions of research.
Author | : Gwyneth Cravens |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 030726856X |
An informed look at the myths and fears surrounding nuclear energy, and a practical, politically realistic solution to global warming and our energy needs. Faced by the world's oil shortages and curious about alternative energy sources, Gwyneth Cravens skeptically sets out to find the truth about nuclear energy. Her conclusion: it is a totally viable and practical solution to global warming. In the end, we see that if we are to care for subsequent generations, embracing nuclear energy is an ethical imperative.
Author | : Rick Joyner |
Publisher | : Morningstar Publications Inc. |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1607085240 |
“The Lion that is inside of you is greater than any lion.” The Path is an inspiring prophetic allegory that will take you on a journey of rediscovering the love of the One inside of you. Written in the genre of The Final Quest trilogy, you’ll meet Elijah, the “Seekers,” and others while learning important truths about the nature of Jesus Christ and your relationship with Him.
Author | : Vox Clamat In Deserto |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0244653720 |
Author | : Andrew Yoram Glikson |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2017-07-10 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319572377 |
This book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history and recent developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system. By the second decade of the 21st century it has become clear that, rather than channel its efforts into protecting its planetary biosphere and living species, Homo sapiens continues to sink its remaining resources into weapons, including nuclear missiles – thus increasing the risk of intentional or accidental spread of radioactive nuclides on land, oceans and atmosphere. With time, possibility becomes probability, and probability becomes certainty ‒ heralding a transition from the Anthropocene to a new geological period, named here as Plutocene after the element Plutonium. During the Plutocene the biosphere is dominated by elevated temperatures, analogous to the Pliocene (2.6 – 5.3 Ma ago) or the Miocene (5.3 - 23 Ma ago) when mean global temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer and sea levels 20 to 40 meters higher than pre-industrial levels. High levels of radioactivity will persist for at least 20,000 years and acid oceans will severely limit biological activity to the hardiest species. Atmospheric CO2 higher than 500 ppm with residence time on the order of thousands of years will delay the subsequent glacial cycle. These factors restrict comparisons of the Plutocene with biosphere conditions during the Miocene and Pliocene periods, partly because the flora and fauna evolved more gradually during these periods, unlike the abrupt climate shift of state during the second half of the 20th century and first part of the 21st century. Following a long lull in biological activity dominated by radiation-resistant organisms, especially Arthropods, a resumption of glacial cycles and decline in radioactivity will lead to the re-emergence of descendants of burrowing mammals and other genera. Depending on the intensity of radioactive pollution, hunter-gatherer humans may survive in northern latitudes, relatively cold high-altitude mountain valleys and elevated volcanic islands. In some areas subsistence farming may be possible. A new cycle will commence.
Author | : Barbara Rose Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
A collection of papers by activists and anthropologists reveals the devastating, complex, and long-term environmental health problems afflicting the people who worked in uranium mining and processing, lived in regions dedicated to the construction of nuclear weapons or participated, often unknowingly, in radiation experiments. The nations and individuals, many of them members of indigenous or ethnic minority communities, are now demanding information about how the United States and the Soviet Union poisoned them and meaningful remedies for the damage done to them and the generations to come.