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Atomic adventures : (Record no. 36049)

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ISBN 9781681774213
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Author Mahaffey, James A.,
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Title Atomic adventures :
Remainder of title secret islands, forgotten N-rays, and isotopic murder - a journey into the wild world of nuclear science /
Statement of responsibility, etc James Mahaffey.
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Edition statement First Pegasus Books edition.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Pagination xxxiii, 363 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other physical details illustrations (some color) ;
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far-flung islands and finds trees that were exposed to active fission -- which then changed gender or bloomed in the dead of winter. He explains why we have nuclear submarines but not nuclear aircraft and why cold fusion does not -- and cannot -- exist. And who knew that radiation-counting was once a fashionable trend? Though parts of our nuclear history might seem like fiction -- such as when cowboys got their hands on a reactor -- Mahaffey's prose holds the reader in thrall of the energy of scientific curiosity and ingenuity that may hold the key to solving our energy crisis -- or even send us to Mars.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term Nuclear energy
General subdivision Government policy
-- History.
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Topical term Nuclear facilities
General subdivision History.
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Topical term Nuclear engineering
General subdivision History.
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Topical term Nuclear energy
General subdivision Government policy
-- History.
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Topical term SCIENCE / Experiments & Projects.
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Topical term SCIENCE / History.
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Topical term SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term Nuclear energy
General subdivision Government policy.
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Topical term Nuclear engineering.
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Topical term Nuclear facilities.
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Item type Books
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number TK9145
Item number .M315 2017
Holdings
Source of classification or shelving scheme Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Mode of acquisition Full call number Accen. No. Copy number Koha item type
Library of Congress Classification   Non-fiction OLUSEGUN OKE LIBRARY LAUTECH OLUSEGUN OKE LIBRARY LAUTECH Pure & Applied Sciences Faculty Library 25/10/2022 Purchased TK 9145 .M315 2017 0046093 1 Books