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Atoms and Ashes From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

Plokhy, Serhii
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141997179
Publisert
2023-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Vekt
281 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, U, G, 06, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Plokhy, Serhii

Om bidragsyterne

Serhii Plokhy is the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and the New York Times bestseller The Gates of Europe. His many acclaimed books, including The Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear Folly and Atoms and Ashes, have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is Professor of History at Harvard University where he also serves as Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

Atoms and Ashes From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima

Plokhy, Serhii
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
Plokhy, Serhii
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
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<b>A timely and enthralling study of the atomic age and its perils . . . a meticulously researched history</b>

- Lawrence Freedman, Financial Times

<b>A superbly crafted but enormously frightening history of nuclear disasters . . . without ever preaching, Plokhy constructs a formidable case for consigning nuclear power to the past</b>

- Gerard DeGroot, The Times

<b>Plokhy's gripping, measured accounts of human error and staggering heroism in the face of the terrifying forces of nuclear power get under the skin</b>

- Simon Ings, The Telegraph

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Frightening . . . With catastrophic climate change bearing down on us, nuclear power has been promoted by some as an obvious solution, but this sobering history urges us to look hard at that bargain for what it is

- Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

<b>A revealing tour of some of the most terrifying experiences involving nuclear power.</b> Plokhy excels in unpacking the human and systemic factors that contribute to nuclear disasters

Nature

<b>Gripping</b> . . . Plokhy combines newspaper interviews, memoirs, government reports and secondary sources to give a vivid account of the perils of nuclear power

TLS

Expertly concise. . . this account of the downhill slide of atomic power since its heyday in the 1950s illustrates why it can never be the solution to global heating

- Robin McKie, Observer

<b>Absolutely stunning. A formidable achievement</b>. <b>Plokhy has written a six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen.</b> We have survived the Nuclear Age for three-quarters of a century, but this book calmly reminds us that accidents happen?and will surely happen again. His stories of nuclear accidents are riveting and frightening

- Kai Bird, co-author of American Prometheus,

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . .In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe.As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
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<b>A timely and enthralling study of the atomic age and its perils . . . a meticulously researched history</b>

- Lawrence Freedman, Financial Times

<b>A superbly crafted but enormously frightening history of nuclear disasters . . . without ever preaching, Plokhy constructs a formidable case for consigning nuclear power to the past</b>

- Gerard DeGroot, The Times

<b>Plokhy's gripping, measured accounts of human error and staggering heroism in the face of the terrifying forces of nuclear power get under the skin</b>

- Simon Ings, The Telegraph

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Frightening . . . With catastrophic climate change bearing down on us, nuclear power has been promoted by some as an obvious solution, but this sobering history urges us to look hard at that bargain for what it is

- Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

<b>A revealing tour of some of the most terrifying experiences involving nuclear power.</b> Plokhy excels in unpacking the human and systemic factors that contribute to nuclear disasters

Nature

<b>Gripping</b> . . . Plokhy combines newspaper interviews, memoirs, government reports and secondary sources to give a vivid account of the perils of nuclear power

TLS

Expertly concise. . . this account of the downhill slide of atomic power since its heyday in the 1950s illustrates why it can never be the solution to global heating

- Robin McKie, Observer

<b>Absolutely stunning. A formidable achievement</b>. <b>Plokhy has written a six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen.</b> We have survived the Nuclear Age for three-quarters of a century, but this book calmly reminds us that accidents happen?and will surely happen again. His stories of nuclear accidents are riveting and frightening

- Kai Bird, co-author of American Prometheus,

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. In the following days, explosions would rip buildings apart, three reactors would go into nuclear meltdown, and the surrounding area would be swamped in radioactive water. It is now considered one of the costliest nuclear disasters ever. But Fukushima was not the first, and it was not the worst. . .In Atoms and Ashes, acclaimed historian Serhii Plokhy tells the tale of the six nuclear disasters that shook the world: Bikini Atoll, Kyshtym, Windscale, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. Based on wide-ranging research and witness testimony, Plokhy traces the arc of each crisis, exploring in depth the confused decision-making on the ground and the panicked responses of governments to contain the crises and often cover up the scale of the catastrophe.As the world increasingly looks to renewable and alternative sources of energy, Plokhy lucidly argues that the atomic risk must be understood in explicit terms, but also that these calamities reveal a fundamental truth about our relationship with nuclear technology: that the thirst for power and energy has always trumped safety and the cost for future generations.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141997179
Publisert
2023-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Vekt
281 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, U, G, 06, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
384

Forfatter
Plokhy, Serhii

Om bidragsyterne

Serhii Plokhy is the author of Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Pushkin House Book Prize, and the New York Times bestseller The Gates of Europe. His many acclaimed books, including The Russo-Ukrainian War, Nuclear Folly and Atoms and Ashes, have been translated into over a dozen languages. He is Professor of History at Harvard University where he also serves as Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

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