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Author McPhee, John, 1931-

Title The curve of binding energy / John McPhee
Published New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1974]

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Description 231 pages ; 21 cm
Summary Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry
Notes "Originally appeared in the New Yorker."
Subject Taylor, Theodore B., 1925-
Atomic bomb.
Nuclear industry -- Security measures.
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 74001226
ISBN 0374133735
0374515980 (paperback)
OTHER TI New Yorker