Research in the Effects and Influences of the Nuclear Bombs Test Explosions (2 vols.)

FIRST EDITION. A substantial two-volume scientific record of the effects of nuclear weapons testing, compiled by Japanese scientists in the aftermath of the 1954 Bikini hydrogen-bomb test. The research covers radiation in the atmosphere and ocean, contamination of fish and fishing vessels, radioactive fallout, and the medical effects of exposure, alongside studies of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors. Significant for its documentation of the Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident, when the U.S. Castle Bravo thermonuclear test at Bikini Atoll was twice as large as expected, exposing a Japanese tuna fishing boat and its 23-man crew to deadly radioactive fallout. The researchers demonstrated that radioactive contamination could travel far beyond the immediate test area through atmospheric currents, ocean currents and marine life, challenging the idea that nuclear tests were geographically contained experiments. BOOKS: Publisher's yellow/cream cloth with black lettering to spine; a little faded to extremities; contents sharp. DUST JACKETS: Dust jackets a little worn and creased to hinges and extremities, nicked to spine ends and extremities; present very well overall. Large quarto hardcover volumes featuring detailed analytical papers, charts, and data tables.…