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The Effects of Nuclear Weapons Hardcover – June, 1983

by Samuel Glasstone (Author), Philip J. Dolan (Author)

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The classic book on the effects of Nuclear Weapons, written with extreme scientific detail, is a MUST HAVE for anyone working in Homeland Security, Emergency Services or in any other Civil Defense capacity. This book is especially important for information services that must be able to provide accurate information in the aftermath of a Nuclear Attack.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Hardcover
Publisher: United States Government Printing (June 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0160020360
ISBN-13: 978-0160020360
Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 7 x 10.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Average Customer Review: 12 customer reviews
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Amazing history considering the 830 plus above ground and underground ...

Bysmswedenburgon May 27, 2017

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Amazing history considering the 830 plus above ground and underground tests up to the 1980's.
The information ends in 1962 while testing was still in progress.
This is a largely medical and civic design primer for radiation effects.

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Okay, we know that these things bust stuff up ...

ByJaime Tumbason May 6, 2015

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Okay, we know that these things bust stuff up and make a lot of noise. This is the full treatment. I discovered the book at UC Berkeley in the stacks and was smitten by the circular slide rule in the back, which listed wind velocities of up to 2,000 miles per hour . . . my kind of stuff.

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the best source, period

ByDouglas A. Samuelsonon March 11, 2008

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Most of what has ever been available in the open literature about the effects of nuclear weapons was available in the 1962 and 1964 editions of this gem of a book. Later works, even including later versions of this book, are more noteworthy for what got taken out than for what, if anything, got added. The language is clear enough for a journalist writing about "what would happen if..." and detailed enough, including equations, for the most exacting scientist. If you're lucky you can even find an edition that includes the "bomb effects computer," a cleverly designed simple device, essentially a circular slide rule, that makes it easy to calculate, in case you don't know or have forgotten how to use the equations, how effects change as a function of yield, distance, and height of detonation. Still the best after all these years!

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A window in the chilly world of MAD.

ByMr JC Kingstonon October 6, 2014

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The book is very easy to read, with clear explanations of the physics behind the technology. The book was in great condition considering it was published in 1962 in soft covers.

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Five Stars

ByDurango Trainson January 11, 2015

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A lot of information and a great little circular computer to go with it

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The standard work, but it's available for download!

ByMichael A. DuvernoisVINE VOICEon December 4, 2009

Format: Hardcover

Don't buy it for these high prices. Do a search, Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security hosts a pdf version of the book available for chapter by chapter downloads.

Obviously this is the standard reference, and one of the more detailed works looking both at the direct blast and radiation effects and such second order effects as electromagnetic pulse. Worth finding an old copy or downloading for anyone with (hopefully!) a theoretical interest in nuclear weapon effects.

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The earlier edition(s) had an effects calculator

ByC. Kickon September 21, 2010

Format: Hardcover

The book is as the first reviewer noted: a bit heavy in Physics. Nonetheless, there is valuable information in this text: It was one of our texts in a late-1960s course on fallout shelter analysis and design.
That course--especially this book--convinced me early on that mankind had gone berserk: This was because the British and the French then (1970) had enough nuclear weapons (and delivery systems) to destroy the world as we know it--yet the USSR and the US had twenty or thirty times as many weapons (and delivery systems).
Which may be why MAD worked, when there were only two protagonists.
Today, with so many protagonists--so quickly--MAD is a bit mad, at least.
Earlier editions of this book included a circular slide rule for calculating the effects of various blast sizes and burst heights.

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Still relevant after all thee years

ByM. Rapkinon February 14, 2009

Format: Paperback

The Third Edition was originally published in 1977. In the slightly more than 3 decades since, this book is just as vital and informative as it was originally. Compiled and editted by Samuel Glasstone, who also wrote the Sourcebook on Atomic Emergy (another must read) this book is written in the paragrapsh delimited style as the Sourcebook. This is wonderful, highly readable treatise on nuclear weapon technology and explosion aftermath. The photographs of test results are numerous and tell-taleing, even though all pictures are in black and white. The section on Biological Effects relies heavily on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as on follow up studies from the Marshall Islands.

Chapter 8 talks about the various types radiation (particulate and wave) emitted from an explosion. The charts and diagrams are clear, concise and extremely informative.

This is a physics book and as such is highly technical in places. These parts are clearly indicated and the authors point out those sections that may be omitted without loss of continuity or material.

I have found this book extremely useful, especially when access to classified material was not available.