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9780198727231 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, July 1, 2015), cover price $11.95
9780199229543 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 15, 2008, cover price $11.95

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Product Description: George H. Quester argues that the possibility of nuclear war continues to loom despite the reduction in stockpiles by the major powers. Supporters of total nuclear disarmament often dismiss pessimistic objections to the possibility of reaching nuclear zero as being hypothetical, but this book looks at real illustrations for this possibility, taken from the years that gave the world the Manhattan Project...read more

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9781412855990 | Transaction Pub, April 10, 2015, cover price $59.95 | About this edition: George H.

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9780399504631, titled "The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History" | J P Tarcher, March 1, 1980, cover price $7.95 | also contains The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners, the Worst Achievements in Hollywood History | About this edition: A humorous and candid look at Hollywood's most embarrassing, ridiculous, ludicrous, and obnoxious movies and cinematic performances culminates with a discussion of the worst motion picture of all time

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Product Description: Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist. From the discovery of fission to the Manhattan Project, to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the arms race and early steps toward arms control, this book provides a context for developments in the period 1939-1963...read more
By Didier Ruedin (editor)

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9780391038745, titled "Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty 1939-1963" | Prometheus Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $12.50 | also contains Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty 1939-1963 | About this edition: Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist.
9780391038752, titled "Einstein and Our World" | Prometheus Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $12.50 | also contains Einstein and Our World | About this edition: Born in Germany during the imperial era in 1879, Albert Einstein died seventy-six years later in Princeton, New Jersey, one decade after the defeat of Nazi Germany and the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Japan.

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By Jefferson Chase (trans)

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9781612193304 | Italian edition edition (Melville Pub House, June 17, 2014), cover price $16.95

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Product Description: In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Café, a blackly sardonic people’s history of atomic blunders and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten episodes in which the great powers gambled with catastropheRudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead Funny, presents a devastating account of history’s most irresponsible uses of nuclear technology...read more

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9781612191737 | Melville Pub House, April 30, 2013, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In the spirit of Dr.

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Product Description: Since the discovery of nuclear power during World War II, the world has become a very different place. This title explores the impact of nuclear power throughout history, from the detonation of nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the recent debate over the safety of nuclear power plants...read more

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9780531281628 | Childrens Pr, March 1, 2012, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Since the discovery of nuclear power during World War II, the world has become a very different place.

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9780531230626 | Childrens Pr, February 1, 2012, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Since the discovery of nuclear power during World War II, the world has become a very different place.

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Product Description: The president loses control of fifty nukes for nearly an hour. Russian nuclear bombers almost bump wingtips with American fighter jets over the Pacific coast. North Korea detonates nuclear weapons underground. Iran’s nuclear shroud is penetrated by a computer worm...read more

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9781416594215, titled "How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III" | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 2011, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: The president loses control of fifty nukes for nearly an hour.

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Product Description: “Younger has provided an insightful guide, especially for the general reader, into today’s array of nuclear powers and their capabilities.”—James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy, former     Director of Central IntelligenceIn The Bomb, Stephen Younger, former Los Alamos weapons designer and author of Endangered Species, provides a new history of the making of nuclear policy and the creation of the most terrible weapons humankind has ever possessed...read more

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9780061537196 | 1 edition (Ecco Pr, January 1, 2009), cover price $26.99 | About this edition: “Younger has provided an insightful guide, especially for the general reader, into today’s array of nuclear powers and their capabilities.

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Presents a history of the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons, an analysis of the current crisis with Iran, and advice on what can be done to enforce arms control and ensure peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

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9780231135108 | Columbia Univ Pr, March 2, 2007, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Presents a history of the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons, an analysis of the current crisis with Iran, and advice on what can be done to enforce arms control and ensure peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

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9780231135115 | Columbia Univ Pr, July 31, 2008, cover price $19.95

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Traces the life of the atomic bomb, from its birth in turn-of-the-century physics labs in Europe, to its maturity in test sites and missile silos around the globe, examining the implications and legacy of this powerful weapon of mass destruction.

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9780674017245 | Harvard Univ Pr, March 31, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Traces the life of the atomic bomb, from its birth in turn-of-the-century physics labs in Europe, to its maturity in test sites and missile silos around the globe, examining the implications and legacy of this powerful weapon of mass destruction.
9780224062329 | Gardners Books, June 17, 2004, cover price $31.65 | About this edition: Bombs are only as old as hatred itself but, since 6 August 1945, 'the'.

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9780674022355 | Harvard Univ Pr, October 31, 2006, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Traces the life of the atomic bomb, from its birth in turn-of-the-century physics labs in Europe, to its maturity in test sites and missile silos around the globe, examining the implications and legacy of this powerful weapon of mass destruction.

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Product Description: Book by Badash, Lawrence

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9781573927154, titled "Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1939-1963" | Reprint edition (Humanity Books, November 1, 1999), cover price $42.00 | About this edition: Book by Badash, Lawrence
9780391038738 | Humanities Pr, February 1, 1995, cover price $39.95

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9780391038745 | Prometheus Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $12.50 | also contains The Politicisation of Migration | About this edition: Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist.
9781573925389 | Prometheus Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Here the development of nuclear weapons is viewed from the perspective of the scientist.

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9780582292918 | Longman Pub Group, August 1, 1999, cover price $109.95

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9780582292901, titled "The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons in Their Historical, Strategic and Ethical Context" | Taylor & Francis, August 1, 1999, cover price $57.95

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9780894642371 | Original edition (Krieger Pub Co, December 1, 1991), cover price $24.25

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Product Description: Book by Feldbaum, Carl B.

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9780060204143 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The authors argue for an informed citizenry to play a more active role in influencing national weapons policy

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9780679728597 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, August 1, 1990), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Book by Feldbaum, Carl B.

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The Description for this book, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes, will be forthcoming.

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9780404147037 | Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1976, cover price $49.50
9780306707674 | Da Capo Pr, May 1, 1976, cover price $51.00 | About this edition: The Description for this book, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes, will be forthcoming.

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9780804717229 | Stanford Univ Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $29.95

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Product Description: An exploration of how atomic energy was deployed for military purposes, this text traces the administrative history of the topic and the problems and issues faced as the project became a reality.

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9780804717212 | Reprint edition (Stanford Univ Pr, February 1, 1990), cover price $65.00 | About this edition: An exploration of how atomic energy was deployed for military purposes, this text traces the administrative history of the topic and the problems and issues faced as the project became a reality.

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The author recounts his work on the Manhattan Project, as Director of Defense Research under President Eisenhower, and as a chief negotiator at the Test Ban talks under Carter

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9780465043378 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, October 1, 1989), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his work on the Manhattan Project, as Director of Defense Research under President Eisenhower, and as a chief negotiator at the Test Ban talks under Carter

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9780861043910 | Reissue edition (Pluto Pr, February 1, 1987), cover price $12.50
9780317578126 | Pantheon Books, February 1, 1987, cover price $8.95

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Product Description: Book by Huisken, Ronald

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9780275906504 | Praeger Pub Text, June 1, 1981, cover price $84.00 | About this edition: Book by Huisken, Ronald

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A humorous and candid look at Hollywood's most embarrassing, ridiculous, ludicrous, and obnoxious movies and cinematic performances culminates with a discussion of the worst motion picture of all time

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9780399504631 | J P Tarcher, March 1, 1980, cover price $7.95 | also contains Nuclear Zero?: Lessons from the Last Time We Were There | About this edition: A humorous and candid look at Hollywood's most embarrassing, ridiculous, ludicrous, and obnoxious movies and cinematic performances culminates with a discussion of the worst motion picture of all time

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