The Twentieth Century, The Age of Mediocrity: History of the Development of Nuclear Reactor Powering Systems for Freedom

ISBN-13: 9781425922955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 124 str.

William Wachter; John Nevshemal

Opis

Nuclear power systems were developed to provide useful energy for the generation of electricity as well as power energy used to propel boats, submarines, power plants, and of course weapons of mass destruction. The authors of this book provided necessary knowledge to capture nuclear produced energy for non-military utilization. Because of their combined knowledge of both nuclear and non-nuclear physics, there were times they were asked to aid in the development of the atomic bomb. Through the authors' accomplishments, the benefits of creating and utilizing energy from nuclear reactions was shown to be naturally acceptable and controllable. Their work recognizes nuclear based energy for its benefits and not for a weapon of mass-destruction.