Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World

Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World - Paperback

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Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World - Paperback

Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World - Paperback

by Tom Zoellner
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Book Overview

The astonishing biography of a mineral that can sustain our world- or destroy it

Uranium occurs naturally in the earth's crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is a fascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly of humanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspiration to novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastat-ing weapon at the end of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse for war with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possible last defense against global warming-Uranium is the riveting story of the most powerful element on earth, and one which will shape our future, for better or worse.
ISBN9780143116721
Author Tom Zoellner
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreHistory and Technology
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2010
LanguageENG- English
Pages368
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Tom Zoellner

Tom Zoellner is the author of nine nonfiction books, including Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for the best nonfiction book of 2020. He works as a professor at Chapman University and as an editor-at-large for the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in Los Angeles.

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