Title
Uranium : War, Energy, And The Rock That Shaped The World
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Description
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.
ISBN
9781101024522
Publication Date
2009
Publisher
Viking
City
New York, NY
Keywords
Uranium, rocks, geology, mines, soil, energy crisis, global warming, miners, Manhattan Project
Disciplines
Environmental Sciences | Natural Resources and Conservation | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Oil, Gas, and Energy
Recommended Citation
Zoellner, Tom. Uranium : War, Energy, And The Rock That Shaped The World. New York, New York : Viking, 2009.
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Viking
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