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Planet in Peril
- Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them
Engelsk Hardback
Planet in Peril
- Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them
Engelsk Hardback

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"Everything was finally in place. The scientists stood in their observation bunker in the Alamogordo desert, staring through the lenses of their protective glasses at the tower five miles away where the world''s first atomic device awaited an electric pulse for detonation. It was 5:29 a.m. on July 19, 1945. The previous evening, one of the smartest persons in the world had decided it was time to lighten things up a bit. Enrico Fermi glanced round at his fellow scientists and said, in his heavy Italian accent, "Now, let''s make a bet whether the atmosphere will be set on fire by this test."1 He wondered aloud whether this would incinerate only New Mexico or spread to the entire planet. Laughter followed, some of it nervous. A few people took him up on it"--
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
452
ISBN-13:
9781009160339
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1009160338
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Udg. Dato:
13 okt 2022
Længde:
34mm
Bredde:
236mm
Højde:
162mm
Forlag:
Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato:
13 okt 2022
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