The Great Decision: The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Sixth Printing. 251, index, large glue stain ins rear flylf, discoloration ins bds & DJ flaps, library stamps, DJ somewhat soiled & edges worn. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. Sixth Printing. 251, index, large glue stain ins rear flylf, discoloration ins bds & DJ flaps, library stamps, DJ somewhat soiled & edges worn. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. 251, index, part of DJ flap cut out and pasted ins fr flylf, library bookplate, barcode, & stamp, lib call # on spine, bds scuffed The author was formerly director of public education for the Brookhaven Laboratory, a peacetime Atomic Energy Commission research center, and a consultant to the U.S. Air Force Air Research and Development Command. This work chronicles the decision to drop the bomb from the time President Truman was informed--116 days before Hiroshima. The final chapter is entitled "Conscience and Questions." More
Washington DC: Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 1950. Reissuance of AFTRC Manual 52-355-1. Three-hole punched binder. Paginated by section, approximately 170 pages. Illustrated. Marked Restricted. Navy Blue stiff card three-hole binder with gold lettering on cover. Signed byprevious owner and stamped on the cover and stamped at bottom of Forward page. Institutional stamp on the last page of the Index. Some paperclip marks and underlining noted. Previous owner was Martin Caidin!!! With the exception of the Title Page and Foreword, this manual is an exact copy of AFTRC Manual 52-355-1. This book was written originally by and for the Air Force, at Headquarters, Technical Division, air Training command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, presents in a clear, concise, non-technical and readable manner, the fundamental facts and background information pertaining to Atomic Energy and Radiological Defense. Because of the excellence of the book and its manner of presentation, the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, with the approval and cooperation of the Air Force, now reissues it for the use of personnel of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force who are or will be concerned with the subjects covered. In the interests of economy and time saving, no changes have been made in the original wording as published (in April 1949) by the Air Force. There are six major sections: Introduction, Discovery, Construction, Destruction, Defense, and The Future. Some chapter titles are: Starting a Chain Reaction, Designing a Bomb, The Explosions Thus Far, Contamination, Detection of Radiation, Personal Defense, Control of the Atom, and Uses of Atomic Energy. Printed by the Murray Printing Company, Wakefield, Mass. More
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus this issue. Wraps. 20 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling. Mailing label on front cover. The Atom was published between 1964 and 1980. This issue celebrates LASL in its 35th year. It has articles entitled After 35 Years, Harold Agnew Talks, Charles Browne Comments; LASL and Robert Thorn; Richard Taschek Speaks Out; The Push to Build A Bomb; and Faces and Places. This issue also announced Jeffrey Pederson as the new Editor of The Atom. More
Boston, MA: Beacon, 1955. Reprint. Fourth printing, 1960. Trade paperback. [2], 379, [3] pages.; 22 cm. Occasional footnotes. Index. Highlighting/underlining. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some pencil and ink marks and comments noted. Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist. He is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people – Aron argues that in post-war France, Marxism was the opium of the intellectuals. In the book, Aron chastised French intellectuals for what he described as their harsh criticism of capitalism and democracy and their simultaneous defense of Marxist oppression, atrocities, and intolerance. Aron is also known for his lifelong friendship, sometimes fractious, with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Aron wrote extensively on a wide range of other topics. Citing the breadth and quality of Aron's writings, historian James R. Garland suggests, "Though he may be little known in America, Raymond Aron arguably stood as the preeminent example of French intellectualism for much of the twentieth century." More
New York: Weatherhill/Asahi, [1972]. First Edition. 24 cm, 431, illus., chronology, index, ink name inside front board, front DJ flap price clipped, some wear and soiling to DJ. More
Oak Ridge, TN: Energy Research and Development Administration, Technical Information Center, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. vii, [1], 120 pages. Illustrations (tables and figures). Diagram. References. Author Index. Subject Index. This is one of the ERDA Critical Review series. Ink notation at top right of title page. Cover has some wear and soiling. The author was associated with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Auxier got his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, he holds tenure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, and he worked at the University of Texas where he was appointed chairman of the department of physics and engineering of the radiobiological laboratory. Dr. Auixer was involved with the Atomic Bomb Causality Commission to see the effects that radiation and distance have on people and things near the place a bomb was dropped. More
Amherst, NY: Humanity Books [An Imprint of Prometheus Books], 2003. Fourth Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. vii, [2], 129, [5] pages., Bibliography. Index. This is one of the Control of Nature Series. Initial copyright date is 1995. Larry Badash was a UCSB professor emeritus and one of the nation’s most respected historians of science. The author of seven books and numerous articles, Larry taught generations of students during his 36-year career at UCSB. Larry specialized in history of physics and specifically nuclear weapons. Larry’s popular class on “The Bomb” led to the publication of his book Scientists and the Development of Nuclear Weapons: From Fission to the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1939-1963 (1995). Larry expanded his research on the history of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are a product of scientists assembled during World War II at the now legendary Los Alamos laboratory. In 1975 he organized a series of weekly lectures delivered by members of the Los Alamos Project. The gathering included George B. Kistiakowsky, Richard P. Feynman, and Norris Bradbury. More
New York: Arcade Publishing, 1990. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 458, index, black mark on top edge, slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 188. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, c1995. First Printing. 22 cm, 188, usual library markings, DJ in plastic sleeveHow the end of the Cold War has transformed the mission of the scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. 22 cm, 361, endpaper maps, bibliography, appendices, index, DJ flaps and rear DJ cut off and pasted inside rear board & flyleaf. More
New York: Frederick Fell, Inc., 1951. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.75 inches. 191, [1] pages. DJ worn, torn, soiled, and chipped. Front board weak with tears at seam. Missing front fep. Gift inscription [not from author] on the half-title. Inscription reads 2/11/97 To Vic Reis--Who's always cooking up something! Happy Birthday Mauri & Betty Katz. Contents include Introduction, Atomic Energy is Your Baby--But Do You Know What You've Got?; Matter, Molecules and Mystery; Molecules in Action; The Atom, Like Your Cousin Bob, is Relatively Simple; Let's Make Gold and Get Rich!; Things That are the Same, Only Different; Surprising Behavior of Neutrons and Protons; You Become an Atomic Scientist--Junior Grade; How Radioactive Isotopes are Changing History; Atoms that Die and Leave a Message; A Master Magician and Some Major Mysteries; Uranium Pile: Round 1--We Come Out Fighting; Uranium Pile Round 2--Groggy but Game; Uranium Pile Round 3--Winner and New Champion--That's You Brother!; Out-of-this-World Energy; Civil Defense--You Do or Your Die!; and The Future. There are a List of Elements and a Bibliography. Includes some chapter summaries and questions and answers. More
New York/Gottingen: International Center of Photography/Steidl Verlag, 2011. First Edition/first printing. Paperback. 248 p. Portfolio of Reference Materials. Index of Building Illustrations. More
New York: Int'l Center of Photography, 2011. First Edition. First Printing. Wraps. Oversized, 248 pages. Wraps, illus., portfolio of reference materials, index. Signed by the editor (Erin Barnett) on the title page. More
New York: Int'l Center of Photography, 2011. First Edition. First Printing. Oversized, 248, wraps, illus., portfolio of reference materials, index. Wrapped in the original shrink wrap. More
Radiation Research, 1962. Reprint from Radiation Research, Volume 16, No. 3, March 1962, pages 253-280. Wraps. 253-280, [4] pages. Tables. Figure. References. Name stamped on front page with ink notation. Ex-library with usual library markings. Ink mark on page 277. Radiation Research, the official journal of the Radiation Research Society, is a peer-reviewed journal covering research into the areas of biology, chemistry, medicine and physics, including epidemiology and translational research at academic institutions, private research institutes, research hospitals and government agencies. The editorial content of Radiation Research is devoted to every aspect of scientific research into radiation. The goal of the Journal is to provide researchers with the latest information in all areas of radiation science. Gilbert Wheeler Beebe (1912 – 2003), was an American epidemiologist and statistician known for monumental studies of radiation-related mortality and morbidity among populations exposed to ionizing radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and the Chernobyl reactor accident in 1986. More
Bethesda, Maryland: National Naval Medical Center, July 2, 1951. Presumed First Edition. Staplebound wraps. [4], 20, [2] pages. Footnotes. References. Some creasing and slight discoloration to front cover. Stamps and ink notation at front spine. Red mark on front cover. Topics covered include Hematological Consideration, Genetic Effect, Permissible Life Time Total, Calculated Risk, Immediate Considerations, Delayed Acute Effects, Remote Effects, Medicolegal Complications, Notes on Repeated "Calculated Risk" Exposures, Practical Recommendations, Compensatory Time Away from Radiation Exposures, Notes on Radiological Warfare, Internal Hazards from Radioactive Isotopes, Practical Considerations and Dosage Levels, Permissible Dosage Table, Radioactive Substances, Permissible Amounts and Concentrations of Radioisotopes that Become Fixed in the Body, Concluding Remarks, Footnotes, and References. Delivered before the Course in Medical Aspects of Special Weapons and Radioactive Isotopes at the Naval Medical School, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. For Official Use. More
Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1964. Fourth Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 766, [2] pages. Illustrations. References. Isotope Table. Selected Symbols, Units and Definitions. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library with usual markings and some blacked out. Dr. Behrens was a Presidential Physician to Franklin Roosevelt. He was a naval officer, retiring with the rank of Read Admiral. He was a Fellow, American College of Radiology. He was the, or an, Editor of Atomic Medicine through its first five editions. Dr. King became a co-editor for this edition, was at the time of this publication was a Captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy (ret.). He was Professor and Chairman of the Division of Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Virginia and formerly was the Chief of Radiology at the U.S> Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Maryland. More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1949. 416, illus., figs, tables, refs, appendices, index, fr flylf torn out, rear bd weak & tear ins rear hinge, sticker ins rear bd. More
New York: Saga Press, 2017. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 466, [4] pages. Cast of Characters. Illustrations. Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine. In 1969 he wrote "The Scarred Man", the first story about a computer virus, published in 1970. Gregory Benford is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California, Irvine. With more than 200 scientific publications, his research encompassed both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics. His research has been supported by NSF, NASA, AFOSR, DOE and other agencies. He is an ongoing advisor to NASA, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the CIA. Benford's work in physics at the University of California focused on theoretical and experimental plasma physics, including studies of extremely strong turbulence, particularly in astrophysical contexts, and studies of magnetic structures from the Galactic Center to large-scale galactic jets. More
Lexington, MA: Lexington Books (D. C. Heath and Company), 1986. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. [10], 242. [4] pages. Map. Notes. Index. About the Contributors, About the Editor. DJ has some wear. Inscribed and dated to Shibley Telhami by author on fep. Shibley Telhami is a Palestinian-American Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, Louis René Beres is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Law at Purdue University. He was born on August 31, 1945 in Zürich, Switzerland, and earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1971. Louis René Beres has written many books and currently also writes editorials for various major newspapers and magazines. In the United States, Beres has worked on matters of nuclear terrorism with Department of Defense agencies as the Defense Nuclear Agency and the JFK Special Warfare Center; with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and with Nuclear Control Institute. More
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978. Reprint edition, first printing thus. Hardcover. 148, [4] pages plus folding map at rear board. Sources. Important Deposits of Fissionable Material. Map of Sources of Raw Materials. Ex-library with usual library markings. Pencil erasure residue on fep. More
Stony Creek, CT: The Pamphleteer's Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. lxxvii, [1], 584, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Contributors, Select Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Preface by Dr. Joseph Rotblat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This is a compilation of Writings on the Denial of History and the Smithsonian Controversy. Ex-library with usual library markings. DJ is in a plastic sleeve taped to boards. Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951) is an American author and columnist, best known for his biographies of political figures. He won a Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Lawrence Lifschultz is an esteemed international journalist and author. Among the contributors are: Gar Alperovitz, Wilfred Burchett, P.M.S. Blackett, Paul Fussell, Lewis Mumford, Mike Wallace, and John Dower. More