Plutonium : a history of the world's most dangerous element / Jeremy Bernstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Plutonium > History.
Physical Description:x, 194 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preamble
  • The history of uranium
  • The periodic table
  • Frau Röntgen's hand
  • Close calls
  • Fissions
  • Transuranics
  • Plutonium goes to war
  • Los Alamos
  • Electrons
  • Now what?