From the moment radiation was discovered in the late nineteenth century, nuclear science has had a rich history of innovative scientific exploration and discovery, coupled with mistakes, accidents, and downright disasters.
Mahaffey, a long-time advocate of continued nuclear research and nuclear energy, looks at each incident in turn and analyzes what happened and why, often discovering where scientists went wrong when analyzing past meltdowns.
Every incident has lead to new facets in understanding about the mighty atom—and Mahaffey puts forth what the future should be for this final frontier of science that still holds so much promise.
- ISBN10 1605984922
- ISBN13 9781605984926
- Publish Date 14 February 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 13 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pegasus Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 460
- Language English