Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World
by:
Tom Zoellner (author)
Few elements could warrant the claim of this subtitle, but uranium is indeed "the rock that shaped the world"; in fact, it's the only naturally occurring mineral that has the potential to end all life on our planet. From the climax of World War II to the present day, global power has been seized...
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Few elements could warrant the claim of this subtitle, but uranium is indeed "the rock that shaped the world"; in fact, it's the only naturally occurring mineral that has the potential to end all life on our planet. From the climax of World War II to the present day, global power has been seized by those who have mastered the secrets of uranium and nuclear energy. Tom Zoellner's book serves as a biography of the most potent tool on earth. It begins with a minute mystery: the unexplained disappearance of a uranium deposit from an abandoned pit in Africa. Where it goes from there should concern you….
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670020645 (0670020648)
Publish date: March 5th 2009
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 352
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...
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