Uranium Wars

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Science writer Amir Aczel examines the scientific discovery of nuclear power. Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age tells the story of the scientists who first uncovered the potential of uranium, and the complex and ongoing story of uranium itself, an element that both provides abundant energy and holds incredible destructive power.

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