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写真でみる原子力. Shashin de miru genshiryoku. Nuclear Power in Photographs.
1955ref. 221443東京. Tokyo.: 朝日新聞社. Asahi Shinbunsha. Showa 30 1955. Black and white photographic illustrations maps 26.7 x 18.7cm 160pp. First and last leaves browned original blue cloth covered boards with decorative device and characters printed in white dustjacket worn and torn with loss on rear inside panel. A good copy. This fascinating book was published in 1955 ten years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Asahi Newspaper. The editor claims that the book is the first publication to explain nuclear power visually by using many photographic illustrations. Starting with nuclear weapons and their outcomes in war and radiation it then explores research on nuclear power for industrial usage. It also covers radio isotopes and their possible usage in medicine and other scientific areas. The last section features nuclear power developments in Britain Russia France and Japan. Every page is filled with numerous photographic illustrations with detailed captions. The majority of photographs were sourced from the United States. A comprehensive study on nuclear power and its potential as of 1955. . 朝日新聞社. [Asahi Shinbunsha]. hardcover
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