Physics and Nuclear Arms Today

David Hafemeister, Barbara Goss Levi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

390 Seiten

1991 | 1991 ed.
American Institute of Physics (Verlag)
978-0-88318-640-4 (ISBN)

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Physics and Nuclear Arms Today is a collection of the best articles written about the arms race which appeared in Physics Today between 1976 and 1989. The articles explore a wide variety of topical issues such as the effects of nuclear weapons, nuclear testing, offensive strategic weapons, defensive SDI or Star Wars weapons, nuclear nonproliferation and the social responsibility of scientists as well as a wide selection of articles which chronicle the history of nuclear weaponry. The authors also represent a broad spectrum of well known names in the physics community including Andrei Sakharov, Sidney Drell, Wolfgang Panofsky, Edward Teller, Frank von Hippel, Victor Weiskopf, and Freeman Dyson. Of interest to physicists interested in arms control issues, nuclear weapons, and international relations; science and defense policy makers.

Zusatzinfo	IX, 390 p.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	HC/Physik, Astronomie/Allgemeines, Lexika
ISBN-10	0-88318-640-3 / 0883186403
ISBN-13	978-0-88318-640-4 / 9780883186404
Zustand	Neuware