Whether this is your first book on nuclear power, or your twentieth, you will still find the history to be astounding and surprising. The impact of radiophobia and the history of radiation is not dull but fascinating. Extremely well-researched, no other book delves so deeply into how we react to radiation and nuclear power. There is a special fear around nuclear things, and this extends to nuclear power as well as nuclear weapons. This was a new kind fear, not similar to previous responses to new technology. It is profound, disquieting and all encompassing. By the time of Atoms for Peace,...