Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wolverton, Mark

Titel

Nuclear weapons

Ist Teil von

• The MIT Press essential knowledge series

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press

Erscheinungsjahr

[2022]

Link zu anderen Inhalten

• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references and index
• "A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the bomb in pop culture"
• Introduction: The Big Difference -- Dawn Over Trinity: The Nuclear Age Begins -- Taming the Nuclear Genie: New Hopes and Threats -- The Brink: Close Calls and Nuclear Crises -- Brighter Than the Sun: What Nuclear Weapons Do -- Deterrence and Doomsday: Nuclear Theories and Treaties -- The Ends of the World: Nuclear Weapons and Popular Culture -- The Choice.
• "A basic understanding of the science and history of nuclear weapons, including attempts to control, limit, and use them, and the prospects for eliminating them completely"--