Plutonium: A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element
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When plutonium was first manufactured at Berkeley in the spring of 1941, there was so little of it that it was not visible to the naked eye. It took a year to accumulate enough so that one could actually see it. Now there is so much that we don't know what to do to get rid of it. We have created a monster. The history of plutonium is as strange as the element itself. When scientists began looking for it, they did so simply in the spirit...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0309102960
ISBN13:9780309102964
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Joseph Henry Press
Length:214 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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