Chain Reactions
A Hopeful History of Uranium
$25.57
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Tracing uranium’s past, and how it intersects with our understanding of other radioactive elements, this book aims to disentangle our attitudes and to unpick the atomic mindset. Chain Reactions looks at the fascinating, often-forgotten, stories that can be found throughout the history of the element. Ranging from glassworks to penny stocks; medicines to weapons; something to be feared to a powerful source of energy. This global history explores the scientific history of the element, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837731992 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837731993 |
| Author: | Lucy Jane Santos |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Lucy Jane Santos
Lucy Jane Santos, author of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium and Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium, is an expert in the history of the twentieth-century with a particular interest in the cultural history of all things nuclear. She is the Executive Secretary of the British Society for the History of Science. Lucy lives in England.
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