Reader's Digest, 1960. Wraps. 12 p. More

[New York]: McGraw-Hill, 1950. 108, wraps, includes a nuclear energy glossary, covers worn and soiled, some writing on covers. More

Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1946. Wraps. 168 p. More

National Intelligence Council, 2004. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. [2], xliv. 678 pages. With CD in pocket at back cover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Some tears and wear on back cover. Text in English with some Chinese text. The National Intelligence Council issued this collection of over seventy National Intelligence Estimates on China--the largest such release ever made at one time. These formerly classified documents represent the most authoritative assessments of the United States Government and so constitute a unique historical records of a momentous era in China's modern history. 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

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

New York: Atomic Industrial Forum, 1979. 28 cm, 30, wraps, illus., some wear and soiling to covers. More

Sydney, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1958. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 788 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Figures. Tables. Charts. References. Appendix. Index. Usual library markings and stamps. Boards somewhat weak. Discolored tape inside rear hinge. The Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) was a statutory body of the Australian government. It was established in 1952, replacing the Atomic Energy Policy Committee. In 1981 parts of the Commission were split off to become part of CSIRO, the remainder continuing until 1987, when it was replaced by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The Commission head office was in Coogee, and its main facilities were at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Lucas Heights, established in 1958. Highlights of the Commission's history included: Major roles in the establishment of the IAEA and the system of international safeguards. The construction of the HIFAR and MOATA research reactors at Lucas Heights. The selection of the preferred tender for the construction of the proposed Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant, and the Ranger Uranium Mine joint venture. Other significant facilities constructed by the Commission at Lucas Heights included a 3MeV Van de Graaff particle accelerator, installed in 1964 to provide proton beams and now upgraded to become ANTARES, a smaller 1.3MeV betatron, and radioisotope production and remote handling facilities associated with HIFAR reactor. More

Somerset, United Kingdom: Haynes Publishing, 2018. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 195, [1] pages. Illustrations (many in color). Maps. Abbreviations. Glossary. Minor cover wear, soiling, and corner bumping. This work provides an insight into the science, design and engineering of tactical and strategic nuclear delivery systems. The contents include an Introduction; The new physics; The American bomb; The Russian Bomb; The British Bomb; The French Bomb, The Chinese Bomb, Other Nuclear Powers, The big stick, and Postscript. David Baker (born 1944) is a prolific British space author and self-described space scientist. His description of his career is that he first visited the US in 1962 and returned to work for NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs between 1965 and 1984 as a Mission Planning and Analysis Department. He reports that he was present at NASA during Apollo 13 in 1970. He returned to the UK in 1984 and set up an independent consultancy helping countries around the world including India to develop and integrate commercial space technologies for their national space programs. He now works as a journalist, writer and an author. He has published thousands of articles, more than 100 books and contributed to many radio and TV documentaries about space missions in the US and Europe. In the past, he has edited the Aerospace Review, Jane's Aircraft Upgrades and Jane's Space Directory. He is a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and from 2011 until his resignation in 2021 he was the editor of the BIS's monthly journal, Spaceflight. More

New York: W. W. Norton, c1985. First Edition. First Printing. 22 cm, 352, illus., label removed from flyleaf. More

New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Second Printing. 22 cm, 253, index, footnotes, small stains in margins of a few pages, ink and pencil notes inside front flyleaf. More

Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, [1957]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 267, illus., figures, tables, index, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ heavily soiled: edges worn and chipped. More