How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor (Springer Praxis Books)
By: Colin Tucker
4.58
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
By: Eric Schlosser
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
A myth-shattering exposé of America’s nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlos… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
2. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
By: Richard Rhodes
4.39
Format: 886 pages, Paperback
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of… read more
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"Before it is science and career, before it is livelihood, before even it is family or love, freedom is sound sleep and safety to notice the play of morning sun."-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"Any account of science which does not explicitly describe it as something we believe in is essentially incomplete and a false pretense. It amounts to a claim that science is essentially different fro…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"For the scientist, at exactly the moment of discovery—that most unstable existential moment—the external world, nature itself, deeply confirms his innermost fantastic convictions. Anchored abruptly i…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
"[Chemist Michael] Polanyi found one other necessary requirement for full initiation into science: Belief. If science has become the orthodoxy of the West, individuals are nevertheless still free to t…"-Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
4. The Stars My Destination
By: Neil Gaiman , Alfred Bester
4.06
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
In this pulse-quickening novel, Alfred Bester imagines a future in which people "jaunte" a thousand… read more
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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
"If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy."-Neil Gaiman, The Stars My Destination
5. Idaho Falls: The Untold Story of America's First Nuclear Accident
By: None
4.30
Format: 237 pages,
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6. Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
By: Max Hastings
3.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From one of our finest military historians, a monumental work that shows us at once the truly globa… read more
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7. Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction
By: None
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
With the world desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gases--a desire compounded … read more
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8. Silent Spring
By: Edward O. Wilson , Rachel Carson , Linda Lear
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in… read more
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9. Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
By: James Clavell
4.30
Format: 732 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Set in the turbulent days of the founding of Hong Kong in the 1840s, Tai-Pan is the story of Dirk S… read more
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"There can only be one Tai-Pan."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"You live by the lash and you'll die by it."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
"Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way."-James Clavell, Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
10. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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- nonfiction
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
11. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
By: James S.A. Corey
4.57
Format: 534 pages, Hardcover
Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its i… read more
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"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “So not unnatural at all,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Fourteen: Teresa “Your dad’s kind of an asshole,"-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"Chapter Nineteen: Elvi We just lost two gates, Admiral. And one of them had an entire world filled with people behind it."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
"I want this war over with, and a real peace established. The kind where people can be angry with each other and hate each other and no one has to die over it. That’d be enough."-James S.A. Corey, Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
13. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
14. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
15. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
16. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
By: Adam Higginbotham
4.37
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
17. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
18. The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
By: Arthur Turrell
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From a young, award-winning scientist, a “thoughtful and illuminating” ( Nature ) look at one of th… read more
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19. Energy: A Human History
By: Richard Rhodes
3.75
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating histo… read more
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20. How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor (Springer Praxis Books)
By: Colin Tucker
4.58
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that questio… read more
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