Toward a Livable World
Leo Szilard and the Crusade for Nuclear Arms Control
$103.31
- Paperback
573 pages
- Release Date
14 April 1987
Summary
This book documents Szilard’s energetic attempts to influence public policy on arms control and disarmament issues, both through open political processes and statements and through behindthe-scenes contacts with Washington power sources and a remarkable exercise in personal diplomacy with Nikita Khrushchev.Leo Szilard conceived of the possibility of nuclear fission sustained by a chain reaction years before it was achieved in the laboratory. He was also one of the initiators of the atomic bom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262519458 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262519453 |
| Author: | Helen S. Hawkins, G. Allen Greb, Barton J. Bernstein, Gertrud Weiss Szilard |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 573 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 1987 |
| Weight: | 998g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 157mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Toward a Livable World |
About The Author
Helen S. Hawkins
Helen S. Hawkins is affiliated with the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego.G. Allen Greb is affiliated with the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, University of California, San Diego.Barton J. Bernstein is professor in the Department of History, Stanford University.The late Gertrud Weiss Szilard also served as coeditor of the first two volumes of her husband’s work- The Collected Works of Leo Szilard- Scientific Papers and Leo Szilard- His Version of the Facts.
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