Doomsday Device: Earth, Doomsday, Teller–Ulam design, Cobalt bomb, Science, Technology, Science fiction, Nuclear weapon, RAND Corporation, Herman Kahn, Nuclear - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 6131801800 ISBN 13: 9786131801808

Casa editrice: Alphascript Publishing, 2010

Riassunto

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A doomsday device is a hypothetical construction — usually a weapon — which could destroy all life on a planet, particularly the Earth, or destroy the planet itself (bringing doomsday", a term used for the end of planet Earth). Most hypothetical contructions rely on the fact that hydrogen bombs can be made arbitrarily large assuming there are no concerns about delivering them to a target (see Teller–Ulam design) or that they can be "salted" with materials designed to create long-lasting and hazardous fallout (e.g. a cobalt bomb). Doomsday devices have been present in literature and art especially in the 20th century, when advances in science and technology made world destruction (or at least the eradication of all human life) a credible scenario. Many classics in the genre of science fiction take up the theme in this respect. "

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Alphascript Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 6131801800
• ISBN 13: 9786131801808
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 136
• Redattore: Miller Frederic P., Vandome Agnes F., McBrewster John
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile