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Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
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Charles Boyle
reviewed The Curve of Binding Energy on November 03, 2007 The Curve of Binding Energy
McPhee's writing at it's best, and investigative journalism like I've never seen him do before. As usual, he captivatingly writes about a topic that would usually be found in a dull textbook.
Although this book was written about a national security issue in and about the early 1970s, much of it still rings true today. He explains, with some detail, how to build an atomic bomb in a time when the internet was still 25 years in the future and when the threat of a terrorist possessing an atomic weapon was already a grave threat. Although some of the security issues dealing with nuclear power and the weapons-grade fuel it generates have surely been solved, the inherent national security and energy issues inherent in nuclear power he discusses are still incredibly timely and sobering.
Anyone who likes John McPhee or has the slightest interest in physics, its history, or terrorism and national security must read this book. I've read it twice now.
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