The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the

The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

â€œA thrilling, intense, and disturbing account of the atomic era, from the discovery of X-rays to the tragic meltdown of Japanâ€™s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plantâ€¦Rich with powerful images and fraught with dramaâ€ (The Christian Science Monitor).

When Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, and Edward Teller forged the science of radioactivity, they began a revolution that ran from the nineteenth century through the course of World War II and the Cold War to our current confrontation with the dangers of nuclear power and proliferation. While nuclear science improves our lives, radiationâ€™s invisible powers can trigger cancer and cellular mayhem. Writing with a biographerâ€™s passion, New York Times bestselling author Craig Nelson unlocks one of the great mysteries of the universe.

In The Age of Radiance, Nelson illuminates a pageant of fascinating historical figures: Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Curtis LeMay, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Ronald Reagan, and Mikhail Gorbachev, among others. He reveals how Jewish scientists fleeing Hitler transformed America from a nation that created light bulbs into one that split atoms; Alfred Nobelâ€™s dream of global peace; and how, in our time, emergency workers and utility employees fought to contain life-threatening nuclear reactors. By tracing our complicated relationship with the dangerous energy we unleashed, Nelson discusses how atomic power and radiation are indivisible from our everyday lives.

Brilliantly told and masterfully crafted, The Age of Radiance provides a new understanding of a misunderstood epoch in history and restores to prominence the forgotten heroes and heroines who have changed all of our lives for better and for worse. â€œThis is the kind of book that doesnâ€™t just inform you but leaves you feeling smarter.â€ (The Dallas Morning News).
Country USA
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-03-25
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-03-25
Format	Kindle eBook

The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

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