Before the fallout : from Marie Curie to Hiroshima /
by Preston, Diana.
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BookPublisher: New York : Walker, c2005Description: xiv, 400 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0802714455.Subject(s): HS - Science | High school | Science -- Ethical aspects | Science -- Social aspects | Atomic bomb -- Ethical aspects | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- HistorySummary: Chronicles the forty-seven years between the discovery of radium by Marie Curie in 1898 and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and presents a profile of the people who played a role in the development of atomic power including Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, and other.
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Book | NF 303.48 P (Browse shelf) | Available | H002055555 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-379) and index.
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Kirkus Review, January 2005
Chronicles the forty-seven years between the discovery of radium by Marie Curie in 1898 and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and presents a profile of the people who played a role in the development of atomic power including Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, and other.
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