Project Plowshare

by Scott Kaufman

Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and business leaders, champions of "peaceful nuclear explosions" maintained that they could create new elements and isotopes for general use, build storage facilities for water...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451256
• ISBN13: 9780801451256
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher