Frank N. von Hippel's Books

Unmaking the Bomb

A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation

By: Harold A. Feiveson,Alexander Glaser,Zia Mian,Frank N. Von Hippel

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Unmaking the Bomb

A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation

By: Harold A. Feiveson,Alexander Glaser,Zia Mian,Frank N. Von Hippel

A new approach to nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and the prevention of nuclear terrorism that focuses on controlling the production and stockpiling of nuclear materials. Achieving nuclear disarmament, stopping nuclear proliferation, and preventing nuclear terrorism are among the most critical challenges facing the world today. Unmaking the Bomb proposes a new approach to reaching these long-held goals. Rather than considering them as separate issues, the authors—physicists and experts on nuclear security—argue that all three of these goals can be understood and realized together if we focus on the production, stockpiling, and disposal of plutonium and highly enriched uranium—the fissile materials that are the key ingredients used to make nuclear weapons. The authors describe the history, production, national stockpiles, and current military and civilian uses of plutonium and highly enriched uranium, and propose policies aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating these fissile materials worldwide. These include an end to the production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for weapons, an end to their use as reactor fuels, and the verified elimination of all national stockpiles.

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MIT Press

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0262529726

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The Chemical Age

How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth

By: Frank A. von Hippel

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The Chemical Age

How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth

By: Frank A. von Hippel

This sweeping history reveals how the use of chemicals has saved lives, destroyed species, and radically changed our planet: “Remarkable . . . highly recommended.” —Choice In The Chemical Age, ecologist Frank A. von Hippel explores humanity’s long and uneasy coexistence with pests, and how the battles to exterminate them have shaped our modern world. He also tells the captivating story of the scientists who waged war on famine and disease with chemistry. Beginning with the potato blight tragedy of the 1840s, which led scientists on an urgent mission to prevent famine using pesticides, von Hippel traces the history of pesticide use to the 1960s, when Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring revealed that those same chemicals were insidiously damaging our health and driving species toward extinction. Telling the story in vivid detail, von Hippel showcases the thrills—and complex consequences—of scientific discovery. He describes the creation of chemicals used to kill pests—and people. And, finally, he shows how scientists turned those wartime chemicals on the landscape at a massive scale, prompting the vital environmental movement that continues today.

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University of Chicago Press

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022669738X

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9780226697383

Unmaking the Bomb

A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation

By: Harold A. Feiveson,Alexander Glaser,Zia Mian,Frank N. Von Hippel

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Unmaking the Bomb

A Fissile Material Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation

By: Harold A. Feiveson,Alexander Glaser,Zia Mian,Frank N. Von Hippel

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Unmaking the Bomb

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