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This historic document, generally known as 'The Smyth Report, ' was written in secret between the summer of 1944 and the spring of 1945 at the direction of Major General L.R. Groves, who was in charge of the atomic bomb project, as a 'report to the nation.'
generation of post-War physicists. (NW) Reprint of the famous document (August 1945) in which unclassified details of the effort which produced the atomic bomb were reported for the first time to the public at large. Of enduring value as an historical document, standing at the portal to the nuclear age. The present edition contains an interesting new foreword by Philip Morrison (who was there), and circumstances which attended the production of the report. For many (as for this reviewer) the republication of the Smyth Report is like meeting again a friend unseen since childhood; it motivated the career decisions of a whole Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Richard Jamerson
reviewed Atomic Energy for Military Purposes on January 16, 2012
Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
I have a good friend who is real left wing and very concerned about the environment. he is so concerned about rising co2 concentrations in the atmosphere and our need to reduce them immediately that he has said we should use nuclear power generation to get off fossil fuels. i never agreed with that logic but i was usually stumped as to how to make a clear, concise and compelling argument against it. this book has given me the tools i need to do just that. nuclear power is in no way clean. the massive amounts of energy that go into mining, refinement and construction of nuclear products and facilities alone almost eats up any of the 'clean-ness' of the power then generated. then there is the deadly nature of unleashing nuclear material into the atmosphere through normal operations right up to terrorists attacks. none of this is worth it. we need never see nuclear power as a bridge off of fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy future. nuclear is deadly and we should never cede ground to anyone claiming otherwise.
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