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Nuclear Weapons

What You Need to Know

By: Jeremy Bernstein

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Paperback | 6 April 2010

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Nuclear Weapons is a history of nuclear weapons.

From their initial theoretical development at the start of the twentieth century to the recent tests in North Korea, the author seeks to, at each point in the narrative, describe the basic science of nuclear weaponry.

At the same time, he offers accounts and anecdotes of the personalities involved, many of whom he has known first hand.

Dr. Bernstein writes in response to what he sees as a widespread misunderstanding throughout the media of the basic workings and potential impact of nuclear weaponry.

About the Author

Jeremy Bernstein is Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was a staff writer for the New Yorker from 1961 to 1995. He has written some fifty technical papers, three monographs, and twelve books, including Albert Einstein , which was nominated for a National Book Award; Hitler's Uranium Club; a biography of Robert Oppenheimer entitled Oppenheimer : Portrait of an Enigma ; and most recently Plutonium : A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element.

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"There's no better person to analyze this crucial and fascinating topic. Jeremy Bernstein is a delightful writer and accomplished physicist who worked at Los Alamos as a young scholar and has since written on such subjects as Hitler's nuclear scientists, Einstein, and plutonium. He combines colorful personal tales with wonderfully clear explanations. He's the teacher we all wish we had." -Walter Isaacson, President of the Aspen Institute and author of Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007) "Jeremy Bernstein's Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know is an important addition to the scientific literature." -David Hafemeister, Physics Today "...an important addition to the scientic literature." -David Hafemeister, Physics Today "Jeremy Bernstein's Nuclear Weapons: What You Need to Know delivers as advertised, arming the reader with sufficent historical and technical background to engage contemporary journalism on nuclear weapons or to begin more in-depth study of the histories of science, the Cold War, and related topics." -Edward H. Jeter, World History Bulletin

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Units and Sizes	p. ix
Preface to the Paperback edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Nucleus	p. 11
Neutrons	p. 21
Fissions	p. 37
Chain Reactions	p. 53
MAUD	p. 69
The Osmium	p. 91
Serber's Primer	p. 117
The "Gadget"	p. 135
Smoky and the Need co Know	p. 155
Fusion	p. 189
Spies	p. 225
Proliferation	p. 253
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 283
Index	p. 287

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