Atomic Age America by Martin V. Melosi

By Martin V. Melosi

Atomic Age the US seems to be on the wide impression of atomic energy¿focusing quite on nuclear guns and nuclear power¿on the lives of american citizens inside of a global context. The textual content examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical affects of atomic strength at the twentieth and twenty first centuries, with a glance again to the origins of atomic theory.

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