Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World (MP3 Book)
by:
Tom Zoellner (author)
Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781400180325 (1400180325)
Publish date: April 6th 2009
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Technology,
Physics,
Geology,
Economics,
War,
Military,
Politics,
Chemistry
Eminently readable, Uranium traces the history of the element from garbage rock to coveted weapons material. Zoellner made the (probably wise) decision to avoid giving too much space in his book to events widely covered elsewhere. So there's very little about Chernobyl or Three Mile Island, and even...