Physics and Nuclear Arms Today is a collection of the best articles written about the arms race which appeared in Physics Today between 1976 and 1989. The articles explore a wide variety of topical issues such as the effects of nuclear weapons, nuclear testing, offensive strategic weapons, defensive SDI or Star Wars weapons, nuclear nonproliferation and the social responsibility of scientists as well as a wide selection of articles which chronicle the history of nuclear weaponry. The authors also represent a broad spectrum of well known names in the physics community including Andrei Sakharov, Sidney Drell, Wolfgang Panofsky, Edward Teller, Frank von Hippel, Victor Weiskopf, and Freeman Dyson. Of interest to physicists interested in arms control issues, nuclear weapons, and international relations; science and defense policy makers.
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The articles in this section deal with the many, diverse effects of nuclear weapons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strategic defense applications, counterforce race, defense reactors, wiggler length, university reactors, wiggler field, plutonium recycling, advanced converters, induction linacs, counterforce weapons, beam director, hensive test ban, threshold test ban treaty, distance from ground zero, plutonium breeder, homopolar generator, peak overpressure, blast shelters, counterforce attack, scientific ties, laser research, gamma doses, chemical lasers, directed energy weapons, boost phase Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Los Alamos, New York, Star Wars, White House, Defense Department, Strategic Defense Initiative, President Reagan, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Department of Defense, University of California, Andrei Sakharov, National Academy of Sciences, Savannah River, William Sweet, West Germany, Columbia University, Edward Teller, South Africa, Irwin Goodwin, New Mexico, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Niels Bohr New!
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strategic defense applications, counterforce race, defense reactors, wiggler length, university reactors, wiggler field, plutonium recycling, advanced converters, induction linacs, counterforce weapons, beam director, hensive test ban, threshold test ban treaty, distance from ground zero, plutonium breeder, homopolar generator, peak overpressure, blast shelters, counterforce attack, scientific ties, laser research, gamma doses, chemical lasers, directed energy weapons, boost phase Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, United States, Los Alamos, New York, Star Wars, White House, Defense Department, Strategic Defense Initiative, President Reagan, Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Department of Defense, University of California, Andrei Sakharov, National Academy of Sciences, Savannah River, William Sweet, West Germany, Columbia University, Edward Teller, South Africa, Irwin Goodwin, New Mexico, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Niels Bohr New!
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