Project Plowshare : The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in Cold War America /

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Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and bus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaufman, Scott, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Project Plowshare (U.S.)
Project Plowshare (U.S.) > History.
Armes nucleaires > Essais > Histoire > États-Unis.
Énergie nucleaire > Histoire > États-Unis.
Nuclear explosions.
Nuclear energy > Industrial applications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
Explosions nucleaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
Énergie nucleaire > Applications industrielles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Nuclear explosions > United States > History.
Nuclear energy > Industrial applications > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : promoting the peaceful atom
  • A plan of biblical proportions
  • Just drop us a card
  • A program on hold
  • From moratorium to test ban
  • The complexities of canal construction
  • Nuclear testing, nonproliferation, and Plowshare
  • Making headway?
  • Plowshare goes down under
  • Dead as a doornail
  • Conclusion : back from the dead?

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