{"product_id":"countdown-the-blinding-future-of-nuclear-weapons-hardcover","title":"Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Scoles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Oppenheimer, a riveting investigation into the modern nuclear weapons landscape. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite that, conversations about these bombs generally often happen in past tense. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCountdown\u003c\/i\u003e, science journalist Sarah Scoles uncovers a different atomic reality: the nuclear age's present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from years of on-the-ground reporting at the nation's nuclear weapons labs, Scoles interrogates the idea that having nuclear weapons keeps us safe, deterring attacks and preventing radioactive warfare. She deftly assesses the existing nuclear apparatus in the United States, taking readers beyond the news headlines and policy-speak to reveal the state of nuclear-weapons technology, as well as how people currently working within the U.S. nuclear weapons complex have come to think about these bombs and the idea that someone, someday, might use them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through a sharp, surprising, and undoubtedly urgent narrative, Scoles brings us out of the Cold War and into the twenty-first century, opening readers' eyes to the true nature of nuclear weapons and their caretakers while also giving us the context necessary to understand the consequences of their existence, for worse and for better, for now and for the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Scoles \u003c\/b\u003eis a Colorado-based science journalist, a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e, and a senior contributor at Undark. Her work has appeared in publications like the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. She is also the author of the books \u003ci\u003eMaking Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThey Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAstronomical Mindfulness\u003c\/i\u003e. Her forthcoming book is called \u003ci\u003eCountdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles have won the American Geophysical Union's David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Writing (2021) and the American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division's Popular Media Award (2019, 2020). Previously, she was an associate editor at \u003ci\u003eAstronomy\u003c\/i\u003e and a public education officer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 8.3 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764521173280,"sku":"9781645030058","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3fb069ecd799850feba64debcf7b492.webp?v=1780250829","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/countdown-the-blinding-future-of-nuclear-weapons-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}