Structure Shielding Against Fallout Gamma Rays From Nuclear Detonations - Hardcover

L. V. Spencer

9780260872425: Structure Shielding Against Fallout Gamma Rays From Nuclear Detonations

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ISBN 10: 0260872423 ISBN 13: 9780260872425

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2024

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This book delves into the critical and largely forgotten history of fallout shelter design and the science behind it. The author guides readers through the early years of the Cold War, when the threat of nuclear war sparked intense research and development of structures that could protect people from radiation. The book explores how scientists and engineers grappled with understanding the complex physics of radiation, the characteristics of nuclear fallout, and the design of effective shielding. It reveals how the development of thermonuclear weapons, with their accompanying fallout threats, spurred a nationwide effort to understand the hazards of radiation and the best ways to protect against them. The book illuminates how the scientific pursuit of knowledge, often conducted in secret, intersected with government policy and shaped public awareness of a very real and frightening threat, and offers a valuable insight into the historical and scientific context of this crucial but now largely overlooked period of human history.

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