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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor Tapa dura - 1974

de John McPhee

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Theodore Taylor was known as one of the most brilliant yet widely unknown engineers of the nuclear age. In his later years, he became concerned by the possibility of an individual able to create a weapon of mass destruction on their own. In this book, McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and reveals how close we are to terrorist attacks using homemade nuclear weaponry.

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Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.

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This book was first published in 1974 by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York. Released in hardcover octavo, 231 pages, the dust jacket has black and white print, and boards in red/brown cloth with gold print.

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  • Título The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
  • Autor John McPhee
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición first edition
  • Páginas 240
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Fecha de publicación 1974
  • ISBN 9780374133733 / 0374133735
  • Peso 1.14 libras (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensiones 8.58 x 6.14 x 1.04 pulgadas (21.79 x 15.60 x 2.64 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Atomic bomb, Nuclear industry - Security measures
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 74001226
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University. His writing career began at Time magazine and led to his long association with The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965. Also in 1965, he published his first book, A Sense of Where You Are, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the years since, he has written nearly 30 books, including Oranges (1967), Coming into the Country (1977), The Control of Nature (1989), The Founding Fish (2002), Uncommon Carriers (2007), and Silk Parachute (2011). Encounters with the Archdruid (1972) and The Curve of Binding Energy (1974) were nominated for National Book Awards in the category of science. McPhee received the Award in Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 1977. In 1999, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Annals of the Former World. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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