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Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1974. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good. Book and dust jacket in very solid overall condition. Jacket is clean, unclipped, in protective mylar. Library discard stamps on front free & rear free endpapers; faint library stamp to bottom edge; tape residue to front and rear endpapers. No markings are present oin jacket or boards; does not have the overt external appearance of an ex-library copy.
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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor Hardcover - 1974
by John McPhee
About this book
Theodore Taylor was known as one of the most brilliant yet widely unknown engineers of the nuclear age. In his later years, he became concerned by the possibility of an individual able to create a weapon of mass destruction on their own. In this book, McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and reveals how close we are to terrorist attacks using homemade nuclear weaponry.
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This book was first published in 1974 by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York. Released in hardcover octavo, 231 pages, the dust jacket has black and white print, and boards in red/brown cloth with gold print.
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- Title The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey Into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor
- Author John McPhee
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition first edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
- Date 1974
- ISBN 9780374133733 / 0374133735
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.58 x 6.14 x 1.04 in (21.79 x 15.60 x 2.64 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Atomic bomb, Nuclear industry - Security measures
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 74001226
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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