Nuclear issues books

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The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

Author: David Krieger
ISBN: 9781412814904
Format: Paperback
$92.99

In the more than sixty years since the advent of nuclear weapons, there has been little meaningful progress toward...  Read More >>

Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Problems and Prospects

Nuclear Energy Development in Asia: Problems and Prospects...

Author: X. Yi-chong
ISBN: 9781349316458
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Atmospheric Nuclear Tests: Environmental and Human Consequences

Atmospheric Nuclear Tests: Environmental and Human Consequences...

Author: Charles S. Shapiro
ISBN: 9783642083594
Format: Paperback
$409.20

Radionuclides produced by past nuclear weapon test explosions comprise the largest source of anthropogenic radioactivity...  Read More >>

Man-Made and Natural Radioactivity in Environmental Pollution and Radiochronology

Man-Made and Natural Radioactivity in Environmental...

Author: Richard Tykva ,  Dieter Berg
ISBN: 9789048165285
Format: Paperback
$842.16

Unlike other environmental pollutants, such as heavy metals and pesticides, some other scientific disciplines, for...  Read More >>

Radiation Protection in Medical Physics

Radiation Protection in Medical Physics

Author: Yves Lemoigne ,  Alessandra Caner
ISBN: 9789400702592
Format: Paperback
$237.47

This book introduces the fundamental aspects of Radiation Protection in Medical Physics and covers three main themes:...  Read More >>

Radiation Protection in Medical Physics

Radiation Protection in Medical Physics

Author: Yves Lemoigne ,  Alessandra Caner
ISBN: 9789400702462
Format: Hardback
$498.96

This book introduces the fundamental aspects of Radiation Protection in Medical Physics and covers three main themes:...  Read More >>

Technological Choices for Sustainability

Technological Choices for Sustainability

Author: Subhas K. Sikdar ,  Peter Glavic
ISBN: 9783642059346
Format: Paperback
$525.36

This book was made possible by the exceptional support provided by NATO Sci­ entific and Environmental Division,...  Read More >>

Low Dose Exposures in the Environment: Dose-Effect Relations and Risk Evaluation

Low Dose Exposures in the Environment: Dose-Effect Relations...

Author: Katharina Mader ,  C. Streffer
ISBN: 9783642059230
Format: Paperback
$366.96

The ever-increasing release of harmful agents due to human activities has led in some areas of the world to heavy...  Read More >>

Nuclear Waste: A Technological and Political Challenge

Nuclear Waste: A Technological and Political Challenge...

Author: Piero Risoluti
ISBN: 9783642073328
Format: Paperback
$261.36

Foreword Over the past decades, Piero Risoluti has built up an intimate knowl­ edge of the nuclear industry - in...  Read More >>

The Stratosphere and Its Role in the Climate System

The Stratosphere and Its Role in the Climate System...

Author: Guy P. Brasseur
ISBN: 9783642083341
Format: Paperback
$580.77

This book presents a summary of the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Science Institute (ASI) which took place...  Read More >>

Space Weather: Research Towards Applications in Europe

Space Weather: Research Towards Applications in Europe...

Author: Jean Lilensten
ISBN: 9789048173716
Format: Paperback
$578.16

Shows the advances in Europe on the discipline of space weather.  Read More >>

Exercises in Environmental Physics

Exercises in Environmental Physics

Author: Valerio Faraoni
ISBN: 9781441922229
Format: Paperback
$224.27

The study of environmental physics requires understanding topics from many di?erent areas of physics as well as...  Read More >>

Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes

Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes

Author: Arnold Hanslmeier
ISBN: 9783642095610
Format: Paperback
$366.96

The search for life in the universe is one of the most challenging topics of science. If life is in the extreme...  Read More >>

Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience: Volume 1: Atmospheric Dynamics

Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The...

Author: Ming-ko Woo
ISBN: 9783642093203
Format: Paperback
$551.76

Presenting 10-year advances in atmospheric research in the Mackenzie River Basin in northern Canada, representative...  Read More >>

Radiation Effects on Embedded Systems

Radiation Effects on Embedded Systems

Author: Raoul Velazco ,  Pascal Fouillat
ISBN: 9789048174171
Format: Paperback
$446.16

Radiation Effects on Embedded Systems aims at providing the reader with the major guidelines for coping with radiation...  Read More >>

Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste: Current Concepts and Plans for Radioactive Waste Disposal

Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste: Current...

Author: Roland Pusch
ISBN: 9783642096006
Format: Paperback
$525.36

The book assesses current ideas for long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste. Different types of rock are...  Read More >>

Nuclear Hazards in the World: Field Studies on Affected Populations and Environments

Nuclear Hazards in the World: Field Studies on Affected...

Author: Jun Takada
ISBN: 9783642064456
Format: Paperback
$340.56

Provides information on a number of radiologically hazardous areas, based on field work. From Chernobyl to plutonium...  Read More >>

Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment

Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment...

Author: Jon Børre Ørbaek ,  Roland Kallenborn
ISBN: 9783642080142
Format: Paperback
$630.96

The 21 chapters of the book are organised under the fields of •Climate change and ecosystem response, •Long range...  Read More >>

Biophysics

Biophysics

Author: Roland Glaser
ISBN: 9783642086397
Format: Paperback
$237.47

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The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

Author: X. Yi-chong
ISBN: 9780230228900
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Explores the history and challenges of nuclear energy development in China, across five main areas: politics, economics,...  Read More >>

Handbook on Nuclear Law: Implementing Legislation

Handbook on Nuclear Law: Implementing Legislation

Author: IAEA
ISBN: 9789201039101
Format: Paperback
$156.20

A practical aid to legislative drafting that brings together, for the first time, model texts of provisions covering...  Read More >>

Le Canceur du Tropique

Le Canceur du Tropique

Author: Julie Pomery
ISBN: 9781907112126
Format: Paperback
$92.40

France has carried out over 200 nuclear tests in the French Polynesia. The first took place above the Moruroa atoll...  Read More >>

Preparing for Climate Change

Preparing for Climate Change

Author: Michael D. Mastrandrea (Woods Institute) ,  Stephen H. Schneider (Stanford University)
ISBN: 9780262014885
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Why we should prepare for climate change now by taking anticipatory action in vulnerable regions.  Read More >>

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