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Jacob Darwin Hamblin

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in Wiesbaden, Germany

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http://www.jacobdarwinhamblin.com

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History, Science, Nonfiction

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Jacob Darwin Hamblin is a historian who writes about science, technology, and the environment. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and many publications devoted to the history of science, technology, and the natural world. He currently resides in the American Pacific Northwest, where he is a professor of history at Oregon State University.

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	The Wretched Atom: America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poison in the Well: Radioactive Waste in the Oceans at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure by Jacob Darwin Hamblin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda Marie Richards (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism by Jacob Darwin Hamblin (2013-05-02) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Wretched Atom book release

I am pleased to announce that my book, The Wretched Atom, was published this summer by Oxford University Press. I will post review snippets and other relevant information on this site. Head over to Amazon, Goodreads, or the OUP site to see more about the book. Here is a description: A groundbreaking narrative of how […]

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