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"Drawing extensively from archival sources and in-depth interviews, Kelly Moore examines the features of American science that made it an attractive target for protesters in the early cold war and Vietnam eras, including scientists' work in military research and activities perceived as environmentally harmful. She describes the intellectual traditions that protesters drew from - liberalism, moral individualism, and the New Left - and traces the rise and influence of scientist-led protest organizations such as Science for the People and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Moore shows how scientist protest activities disrupted basic assumptions about science and the ways scientific knowledge should be produced, and recast scientists' relationships to political and military institutions."--Jacket.

In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However, the plan was blocked by a handful of Eskimos and biologists who succeeded in preventing massive nuclear devastation potentially far greater than that of the Chernobyl blast. The Firecracker Boys is a story of the U.S. government's arrogance and deception, and the brave people who fought against it-launching America's environmental movement. As one of Alaska's most prominent authors, Dan O'Neill brings to these pages his love of Alaska's landscape, his skill as a nature and science writer, and his determination to expose one of the most shocking chapters of the Nuclear Age.

Examines amount of nuclear testing fallout radiation in the atmosphere and its effect on humans and agriculture, and considers measures to combat fallout and its effects. Includes HEW report, "Review of Radionuclides in the Food Chain," by James G. Terrill, Jr., June 3, 1963. (p. 71-201).

Examines amount of nuclear testing fallout radiation in the atmosphere and its effect on humans and agriculture, and considers measures to combat fallout and its effects. Includes HEW report, "Review of Radionuclides in the Food Chain," by James G. Terrill, Jr., June 3, 1963. (p. 71-201), v.1. Includes AEC report, "Iodine-131 in Fresh Milk and Human Thyroids Following a Single Deposition of Nuclear Test Fallout," June 1, 1963 (p. 915-1075); and Milk Industry Foundation report, "Radioactive Fallout, A Manual for the Fluid Milk Industry" (p. 1201-1267), v.2.