false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984949m/5501275.jpg 5501275 3 <B>The fascinating story of the most powerful source of energy the earth can yield</B><BR><BR>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—whoever could master uranium could master the world.<BR><BR> 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 six hundred uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security.<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR> In <I>Uranium</I>, Tom Zoellner takes readers around the globe in this intriguing look at the mineral that can sustain life or destroy it. 5578448 5 3 2009 Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World total:73|5:17|4:28|3:22|2:6|1:0| 73 275 179 27 4 2 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 11:03:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 22:53:54 -0700 2009 Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner. Maybe you know it's radioactive, and maybe you also know the timeframe it went from being an unknown nuisance rock to something that would change the world forever. But do you know where it first came from on...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 19:56:21 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:12:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 10:36:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 11:08:02 -0700 2009
Sort of chronologically organized, but often jumps from the historical moment in ques...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:16:02 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:35:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 05:26:08 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 05:26:21 -0700 2009
This is a great story about a very special rock, uranium, which was formed by petrified foliage millions of years ago, and continues to breed a deadly form of energy. Tom Zoellner’s factual book reads like a gripping novel. He breathes vigorous life into a s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 14:47:27 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 22:36:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:27:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:31:52 -0800 2009 chemical reactions involved with this mineral. I was always under the impression that
the naked form of Uranium alone is...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 05:32:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 13:40:02 -0700 2009
This powerful quote from the book's introduction sums it all up, " From d...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 20:11:51 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 13:40:24 -0700 2009 This is a fascinating book, almost thriller like. Not only does it present the history of the development of the atomic bomb and the security risks of uranium exploitation, but it is especially interesting to Utahans since much of it takes place in Moab and souther...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:47:15 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 14:15:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 14:46:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 02:04:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 12:49:05 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 11:40:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:44:28 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 21:50:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 14:25:07 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 14:28:02 -0700 2009
Very interesting.]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:15:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 13:18:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 06:51:44 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 17:04:25 -0700 2009
It works, leaning fairly heavily on the mining side and the various sources of Uran...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:50:37 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:51:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 19 09:54:28 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:55:09 -0700 2009 Chemical & Engineering News.]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 10:25:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:05:18 -0700 2009
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