Nuclear Power: Both Sides: The Best Arguments for and Against the Most Controversial Technology

By: Michio & Jennifer Trainer eds. Kaku

Book Overview

With over half the American public living near a reactor, nuclear power is one of the most urgent issues of contemporary life. If you read one book about nuclear energy, this should be the one. In twenty-one provocative essays, those who have shaped the course of nuclear power substantiate their views and set forth refutations of their opponents' views.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393016315
• ISBN13: 9780393016314
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Interesting read

Totally biased book based on the pros and cons of Nuclear power. The average reader can pick it up and understand it.

Lots of Info

This book contains lots of info. about Nuclear Power.Here are some quotes: With radioactive cobalt, botanists can produce new types of plants. Structural variations that normally take years of selective breeding to develop can be made to occur in a few months.The radiation has even caused genetic mutations in children whose parents were exposed to the radiation.Other renewable power sources such as solar and hydroelectric, cannot provide the large scale power generation which is needed.