
Uranium
War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
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Narrado por:
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Patrick Lawlor
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Tom Zoellner
Slave labor camps in Africa and Eastern Europe were built around mine shafts, and America would knowingly send more than 600 uranium miners to their graves in the name of national security. Fortunes have been made from this yellow dirt; massive energy grids have been run from it. Fear of it panicked the American people into supporting a questionable war with Iraq, and its specter threatens to create another conflict in Iran. Now, some are hoping it can help avoid a global warming catastrophe.
In Uranium, Tom Zoellner takes readers around the globe in this intriguing look at the mineral that can sustain life or destroy it.
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I really enjoyed the educational fact about the history of the discovery of this precious mineral. The information keeps me glued in attention to the book. cant wait for your next book. I also like the way thing are broken down to the layman that that is not a rocket scientist, In some cases this book is like the nuclear age for dummies. live long and prosper
The rage of power
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Great Subject, Tepid Narration
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solidly researched book
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Great for What It Is
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Probably have a reason to read this
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This powerful quote from the book's introduction sums it all up, " From dust to dust, the Earth came seeded with the means of it's own destruction--a geological original sin."
The news is always talking about if terrorists ever got nuclear weapons how easy it would be to use them. After reading this book, I have become more fearful at the ease in which this could happen. If someone is determined to get uranium, I don't doubt that they will. There is little accounting of stuff by world governments and even some the inventory they know they are supposed to have goes missing.
It was scary to read about some boys finding some in a field (nobody knows how the ore they found got there) and hitting it with a hammer because it made nice sparks. Yikes! I never knew how precariously we are balanced on the nuclear precipice and now, unfortunately, have to believe it is only a matter of time until some nuclear terrorism occurs.
We go boom?
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excellent
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Patrick Lawlor did a great job of reading/performing.
I was surprised it did not cover more about the its first use in WWII but this has probably been covered by other authors many times over.
Fascinating Element
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Good History but the Narrator is ludicrous
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Seriously. His accented voices are truly terrible...along the lines of "Vee haff veys to make you talk".
It's not quite bad enough to make me stop listening to the book (which is quite interesting), but it's enough to irritate me every single time he does it.
4-star book with 2-star narration
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