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01985aam a2200313 a 4500 001 AC25EAE6E76911E1AF1839E46AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120816010357 008 100114r20102009nyu b 001 0 eng 020 $a 014311672X 020 $a 9780143116721 035 $a (OCoLC)430052044 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d YDXCP $d MUM $d IBI $d AFQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a QD181.U7 $b Z64 2010 050 4 $a QD181.U7 $b Z64 2010 100 1 $a Zoellner, Tom. 245 1 $a Uranium : $b war, energy, and the rock that shaped the world / $c Tom Zoellner. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin, $c 2010. 300 $a xii, 354 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Introduction -- $t Legacy. $t Beginnings -- $t The bargain -- $t Apocalypse -- $t Two rushes -- $t The rainbow serpent -- $t Instability -- $t Renaissance -- $t Legacy. 520 $a Uranium is a common element in the earth's crust, and the only naturally occurring mineral with the power to end all life on the planet. After World War II, it reshaped the global order. Marie Curie gave us hope that uranium would be a miracle panacea, but the Manhattan Project gave us reason to believe that civilization would end with apocalypse. Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts, and America would knowingly send more than 600 uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security. Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global warming catastrophe.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Uranium. 650 0 $a Uranium $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040432.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AC25EAE6E76911E1AF1839E46AFF544E 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search