Plutonium: A History Of The World'S Most Dangerous Element

Plutonium: A History Of The World'S Most Dangerous Element

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When Plutonium Was First Manufactured At Berkeley In The Spring Of 1941, There Was So Little Of It That It Was Not Visible To The Naked Eye. It Took A Year To Accumulate Enough So That One Could Actually See It. Now So Much Has Been Produced That We Don'T Know What To Do To Get Rid Of It. We Have Created A Monster.The History Of Plutonium Is As Strange As The Element Itself. When Scientists Began Looking For It, They Did So Simply In The Spirit Of Inquiry, Not Certain Whether There Were Still Spots To Fill On The Periodic Table. But The Discovery Of Fission Made It Clear That This Stillhypothetical Element Would Be More Than Just A Scientific Curiosityit Could Be The Main Ingredient Of A Powerful Nuclear Weapon.As It Turned Out, It Is Good For Almost Nothing Else. Plutonium'S Nuclear Potential Put It At The Heart Of The World War Ii Arms Racethe Russians Found Out About It Through Espionage, The Germans Through Independent Research, And Everybody Wanted Some. Now It Is Warehoused Around The Worldthe United States Alone Possesses About Fortyseven Metric Tonsbut It Has Almost No Practical Use Outside Its Role In Nuclear Weaponry. How Did The Product Of Scientific Curiosity Become Such A Dangerous Burden?In His History Of This Complex And Dangerous Element, Noted Physicist Jeremy Bernstein Describes The Steps That Were Taken To Transform Plutonium From A Laboratory Novelty Into The Nuclear Weapon That Destroyed Nagasaki. This Is The First Book To Weave Together The Many Strands Of Plutonium'S Story, Explaining Not Only The Science But Also The People Involved.

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