TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zoellner, Tom
TI  - Uranium: : War, Energy, and the rock that shaped the world
SN  - 9780143116721
AV  - QD181.U7Z64 2009 
U1  - 546'.431-- 
PY  - 2009///
PB  - Penguin Random House; 
KW  - QD1-999 Science- Chemistry
N2  - Uranium occurs naturally in the earth’s crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its story is a fascinating window into the valor, greed, genius, and folly of humanity. A problem for miners in the Middle Ages, an inspiration to novelists and a boon to medicine, a devastat­ing weapon at the end of World War II, and eventually a polluter, killer, excuse for war with Iraq, potential deliverer of Armageddon and a possible last defense against global warming-Uranium is the riveting story of the most powerful element on earth, and one which will shape our future, for better or worse
ER  -