The angry genie : one man's walk through the nuclear age / by Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson.

  • Morgan, K. Z. (Karl Ziegler), 1908-
Date:
[1999], ©1999
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Publication/Creation

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1999], ©1999.

Physical description

xvii, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-212) and index.

Contents

My life before the nuclear age -- The genie leaves the bottle: the Manhattan project -- The genie's anger unleashed: the Truman administration's greatest mistake -- The early years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- My biggest mistake -- Nuclear incidents in other facilities -- The price -- The advance and decline of health physics -- Ecology and nuclear waste disposal studies -- The genie goes to court -- A time for reflection and resolution.

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    History of Medicine
    BZP (Morgan)
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ISBN

  • 0806131225