**A Guardian Best Science and Nature Book of 2025**From the award-winning science writer, a new history of the development of nuclear power and the extraordinary minds behind itHenry Becquerel s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.
This book of selections from the distinguished journal International Security speaks to the most important question of our age: the deterrence of nuclear war.
A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.
A warning to humankind from one of the world s greatest physicists'What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics.
A remarkable account of the terrible climax of the Second World War in AsiaA Telegraph Book of the Year 2025 'A short but quietly devastating book, in which Overy adds new perspectives to a subject that has often been approached from a narrowly American angle.
El régimen internacional de no proliferación nuclear tiene el propósito fundamental de alejar al mundo de la amenaza de las armas nucleares, impidiendo su propagación a otros Estados y el incremento de los arsenales.
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war?
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize**From one kiss comes a chain reaction a masterpiece of memoir from the winner of the Baillie Gifford and the Booker prize Extraordinary Sarah Perry Masterpiece Colm T ib n Wholly original.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Nuclear Deterrence is an accessible and authoritative introduction to the deterrent tactics employed to prevent war, drawing on the unprecedented power of nuclear weapons.
Abans de les criptomonedes o les reunions per Zoom, un avenç tecnològic ja havia abolit les distàncies entre territoris: des de la bomba atòmica d'Hiroshima un sol botó pot posar en perill tots els éssers vius de la Terra.
The first book to tell the story of day-to-day life on the nuclear home front - from the host of #1 podcast Atomic Hobo**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK and A GUARDIAN BEST PAPERBACK FOR APRIL 2024 **'So entertaining' THE TIMES'Cracking' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThe atomic bombs of 1945 changed everything.
'Ground-breaking' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state.
The first systematic look at the different strategies that states employ in their pursuit of nuclear weaponsMuch of the work on nuclear proliferation has focused on why states pursue nuclear weapons.
A multifaceted portrait of the Hiroshima bombing and its many legaciesOn August 6, 1945, in the waning days of World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
In diesem 1983 erstmals erschienenen Buch legt Oskar Lafontaine dar, daß die Europäer in Ost und West sich aus der atomaren Rivalität der beiden Weltmächte heraushalten müssen, wenn sie sich größeren politischen Handlungsspielraum und vor allem mehr Sicherheit verschaffen wollen.
Roberts Jungks Buch von 1956 ist eine Warnung vor der Zerstörung der Erde - und heute ein Klassiker der politischen Literatur, der eine ganze Generation geprägt hat.
Originating in the armed forces of the early 20th century, weapons based on chemical, biological or nuclear agents have become an everpresent threat that has not vanished after the end of the cold war.
Originating in the armed forces of the early 20th century, weapons based on chemical, biological or nuclear agents have become an everpresent threat that has not vanished after the end of the cold war.
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversariesHow can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel.
In 1932, the so-called annus mirabilis of modern physics, a group of scientists gathered in Copenhagen for a week-long conference on the extraordinary new work that was taking place in laboratories across the world; work that would ultimately lead to the development of nuclear weapons and the ensuing international power struggles.
Nuclear Showdown published by Asia expert, Gordon Chang, was of the first books to exploire the full extent of the North Korean nuclear threat, its origins, international implications, and solutions.
