Tom Zoellner - Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World (2009)

Tom Zoellner - Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World (2009)

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.

Publisher: Viking (2009)
ISBN: 9781101024522 (Not Working)
0670020648 (Working)

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