{"product_id":"age-of-radiance-book-craig-nelson-9781451660449","title":"The Age of Radiance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA thrilling, intense, and disturbing account of the atomic era, from the discovery of X-rays to the tragic meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.Rich with powerful images and fraught with drama (\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, and Edward Teller forged the science of radioactivity, they began a revolution that ran from the nineteenth century through the course of World War I and the Cold War to our current confrontation with the dangers of nuclear power and proliferation. While nuclear science improves our lives, radiation's invisible powers can trigger cancer and cellular mayhem. Writing with a biographer's passion, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Craig Nelson unlocks one of the great mysteries of the universe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e, Nelson illuminates a pageant of fascinating historical figures: Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Curtis LeMay, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Ronald Reagan, and Mikhail Gorbachev, among others. He reveals how Jewish scientists fleeing Hitler transformed America from a nation that created light bulbs into one that split atoms; Alfred Nobel's dream of global peace; and how, in our time, emergency workers and utility employees fought to contain life-threatening nuclear reactors. By tracing our complicated relationship with the dangerous energy we unleashed, Nelson discusses how atomic power and radiation are indivisible from our everyday lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliantly told and masterfully crafted, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Radiance\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new understanding of a misunderstood epoch in history and restores to prominence the forgotten heroes and heroines who have changed all of our lives for better and for worse. This is the kind of book that doesn't just inform you but leaves you feeling smarter. (\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50255112241425,"sku":"CIN1451660448VG","price":12.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50820537843985,"sku":"CIN1451660448G","price":4.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1451660448.jpg?v=1751178503","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/age-of-radiance-book-craig-nelson-9781451660449","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}