A Special Interest: The Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Midwestern Universities
by Greenbaum, Leonard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0472083511
- ISBN 13
- 9780472083510
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1971. Study of the administration, politics, & decision-making processes behind atomic energy research in the Cold War era, centering on the interactions between Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, and the Atomic Energy Commission. The author was asisstant director of a University of Michigan unit directing the funding of faculty research on peaceful nuclear energy uses. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; ink name (of a UW engineering professor) on the free endsheet; jacket shows light wear, minor rubbing, small ink spot to spine, different ink name on front panel. Text clean; xxii, 222 pages; index, notes, bibliography, couple of figures, b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u0453
- Title
- A Special Interest: The Atomic Energy Commission, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Midwestern Universities
- Author
- Greenbaum, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0472083511
- ISBN 13
- 9780472083510
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Research, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactors, Science, Politics
- Size
- Octavo
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Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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