The Rise of Nuclear Fear

Spencer R. Weart

Harvard University Press, Apr 2, 2012 - Science - 381 pages

After the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant had a meltdown, protesters around the world challenged nuclear power. Climate change has never aroused this visceral dread. Weart dissects this paradox, showing that powerful images surrounding nuclear energy hold us captive, allowing fear, rather than facts, to drive our thinking and public policy.

About the author

Spencer R. Weart is Director Emeritus of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics

Author's Home: Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Rise of Nuclear Fear
• Author: Spencer R. Weart
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0674052331, 9780674052338
• Length: 381 pages
• Subjects: History / Modern / 20th Century; History / Social History; Science / History