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Author Zoellner, Tom

Title Uranium : war, energy, and the rock that shaped the world / Tom Zoellner

Publisher New York : Viking, 2009

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  546.431 .Z734u    AVAILABLE  
 UM Orono Stacks  QD181.U7 Z64 2009    AVAILABLE  MSCC
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 546.431 Z85u 2009    AVAILABLE  
 USM POR Stacks  QD181.U7 Z64 2009    AVAILABLE  
Phys Descr xii, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-318) and index
Summary The fascinating story of the most powerful source of energy the earth can yield
Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust, and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order. Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts, and America would knowingly send more than 600 uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security. Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global warming catastrophe.--From publisher description
Subject Uranium
Uranium -- History
OCLC # 233485237
ISBN # 9780670020645
0670020648