Nuclear Energy
Boom, Bust, and Emerging Renaissance
$58.95
- Paperback
286 pages
- Release Date
24 September 2025
Summary
Questions of energy policy are among the most central and consequential of any confronting society today. While the role of nuclear energy is key, there is little understanding and much misinformation regarding its nature and its potential. Impeding the emergence of informed discourse on this topic is the lack of clear, objective information.
Nuclear Energy: Boom, Bust and Emerging Renaissance helps answer the question of “What role can nuclear energy play in meeting the global warmin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198925781 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198925786 |
| Author: | Edward A. Friedman |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 286 |
| Release Date: | 24 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 552g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 172mm x 245mm |
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Critics Review
The book “Nuclear Energy: Boom, Bust and Emerging Renaissance” written by Edward A. Friedman has explored the history and emerging developments of nuclear energy and assesses its potential role in addressing the challenges posed by the global climate crisis. ..The book is beneficial for readers such as researchers, students, energy producers and policymakers. * Hafsa Azam, Eurasia Review *
Edward A. Friedman
Edward Friedman obtained an undergraduate degree in Physics from MIT in 1957 and a PhD in Physics from Columbia University in 1963. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Mathematics from Sofia University in Bulgaria in 2000 and served as director of a program to establish an indigenous college of engineering at Kabul University in Afghanistan (1970-1973). He was awarded an Education Medal from the King of Afghanistan (1973). At Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, USA, he served as Professor of Physics (1963-1973), Dean of the College (1973-1986) and became Director of an award-winning program on applications of computers for secondary school mathematics and science education (1986-2004). He is currently a Trustee at the American University in Bulgaria from 2017.
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