Atomic Doctors
3,973円
An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.
After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of i...
3,973円
An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.
After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of i...
Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First Century
5,305円
An authoritative and unbiased guide to nuclear technology and the controversies that surround it.
Are you for nuclear power or against it? What's the basis of your opinion? Did you know a CT scan gives you some 2 millisieverts of radiation? Do you know how much a millisievert is? Does irradiation...
5,305円
An authoritative and unbiased guide to nuclear technology and the controversies that surround it.
Are you for nuclear power or against it? What's the basis of your opinion? Did you know a CT scan gives you some 2 millisieverts of radiation? Do you know how much a millisievert is? Does irradiation...
Anticipating a Nuclear Iran
8,076円
This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a nuclear Iran for U.S. security. Through three scenario models, the book explores the political, stra...
8,076円
This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a nuclear Iran for U.S. security. Through three scenario models, the book explores the political, stra...
The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
10,725円
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surve...
10,725円
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surve...
Israel and the Bomb
6,435円
Until now, there has been no detailed account of Israel's nuclear history. Previous treatments of the subject relied heavily on rumors, leaks, and journalistic speculations. But with Israel and the Bomb, Avner Cohen has forged an interpretive political history that draws on thousands of American ...
6,435円
Until now, there has been no detailed account of Israel's nuclear history. Previous treatments of the subject relied heavily on rumors, leaks, and journalistic speculations. But with Israel and the Bomb, Avner Cohen has forged an interpretive political history that draws on thousands of American ...
Silencing the Bomb
5,290円
In December 2016, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their iconic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, the latest it has been set since 1952, the year of the first United States hydrogen bomb test. But a group of scientistsーgeologists, engineers, an...
5,290円
In December 2016, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their iconic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, the latest it has been set since 1952, the year of the first United States hydrogen bomb test. But a group of scientistsーgeologists, engineers, an...
Silencing the Bomb
4,979円
In December 2016, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their iconic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, the latest it has been set since 1952, the year of the first United States hydrogen bomb test. But a group of scientistsーgeologists, engineers, an...
4,979円
In December 2016, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved their iconic “Doomsday Clock” thirty seconds forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, the latest it has been set since 1952, the year of the first United States hydrogen bomb test. But a group of scientistsーgeologists, engineers, an...
America’s Cold War
3,051円
“A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union.” ーStephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy “Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic pressures as external threats. America's Cold W...
3,051円
“A creative, carefully researched, and incisive analysis of U.S. strategy during the long struggle against the Soviet Union.” ーStephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy “Craig and Logevall remind us that American foreign policy is decided as much by domestic pressures as external threats. America's Cold W...
A Nuclear Winter's Tale
5,570円
The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics.
The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fi...
5,570円
The rise and fall of the concept of nuclear winter, played out in research activity, public relations, and Reagan-era politics.
The nuclear winter phenomenon burst upon the public's consciousness in 1983. Added to the horror of a nuclear war's immediate effects was the fear that the smoke from fi...
Morality and the Bomb
8,290円
Originally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework...
8,290円
Originally published in 1985, this book surveys how NATO policy sought to come to terms with the revolution in thinking about war which was brought about by the advent of nuclear weapons. It also examines the logic of deterrence. The book assesses the ethical issues involved, using as a framework...
Nuclear Folly
2,773円
**"The definitive history.…With his masterly book, Mr. Plokhy has sounded a warning bell." ー The Economist
A harrowing account of the Cuban missile crisis and how the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse.**
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders a...
2,773円
**"The definitive history.…With his masterly book, Mr. Plokhy has sounded a warning bell." ー The Economist
A harrowing account of the Cuban missile crisis and how the US and USSR came to the brink of nuclear apocalypse.**
Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today’s world leaders a...
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
17,410円
First published in 1998. This book is targeted at the beginner who has little or no knowledge of the principles or practice of hybridization. This text concentrates on solution and filter hybridization with a final chapter on current developments which includes DNA chips and advances in probe des...
17,410円
First published in 1998. This book is targeted at the beginner who has little or no knowledge of the principles or practice of hybridization. This text concentrates on solution and filter hybridization with a final chapter on current developments which includes DNA chips and advances in probe des...