Nuclear Iran
By: Jeremy Bernstein
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780674417083
Subjects: Isotopes; Nuclear weapons; Centrifuges; Nuclear reactors; Uranium; Plutonium; History
Description: This succinct book is timely reading for anyone who wishes to understand the maze of science and secrecy at the heart of Iran's nuclear ambitions. Writing for the general reader, Jeremy Bernstein draws on his knowledge as a physicist to elucidate the scientific principles and technical hurdles involved in creating nuclear reactors and bombs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Uranium. Round and round; title: Frisch, Peierls, and Dirac; title: Unintended consequences; title: God the merciful, the compassionate; title: Plutonium. Reactors; title: The delta phase; title: Dual use. Unintended consequences redux; title: Among the Ayatollahs; title: Breakout.