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The Curve Of Binding Energy

The Curve Of Binding Energy

John McPhee
4.2/5 ( ratings)
With his customary reportorial brilliance, John McPhee has written the story of the life and career of Theodore B. Taylor, a theoretical physicist who has been one of the most inventive nuclear scientists of our time.

Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Release
May 22, 1974
ISBN 13
9780374515980

The Curve Of Binding Energy

John McPhee
4.2/5 ( ratings)
With his customary reportorial brilliance, John McPhee has written the story of the life and career of Theodore B. Taylor, a theoretical physicist who has been one of the most inventive nuclear scientists of our time.

Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
Language
English
Pages
240
Format
Paperback
Release
May 22, 1974
ISBN 13
9780374515980

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