Megawatts and megatons : the future of nuclear power and nuclear weapons
In "Megawatts and Megatons", world renowned physicists Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak offer an accessible, eminently well-informed primer on two of the most important issues of our time: nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
Print Book, English, ©2002
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, ©2002
Book
xvii, 412 pages ; 23 cm
9780226284279, 0226284271
1052791777
All energy stems from the same source
The nulcear chain reaction
Nuclear weapons
Natural radiation and living things
The civilian use of nuclear energy
A glimpse of the future of nuclear power
Safety, nuclear accidents, and industrial hazards
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Comparing hazards of nuclear power and other energy
Making best use of scientists
From arms race ot arms control
Current nuclear threats to security
Can we rid the world of nuclear weapons?
A turning point in the nuclear age?
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
Authors' names on t.p. of translation reversed from orginal