1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778558703321

Autore

Badash Lawrence

Titolo

A nuclear winter's tale : science and politics in the 1980s / / Lawrence Badash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-25799-8

1-282-69423-5

9786612694233

0-262-25853-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Collana

Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology

Disciplina

509.73/09048

539.7/52

Soggetti

Radioactivity - History - 20th century

Climatic changes - History - 20th century

Science - History - 20th century

Science and state - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lawrence Badash traces the rise & fall of the concept of 'nuclear winter', played out in research activity, public relations & Reagan-era politics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00292696

Titolo

Approximation, Probability, and Related Fields / edited by George Anastassiou and Svetlozar T. Rachev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, : Plenum, 1994

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 454 p. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00B25 - Proceedings of conferences of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020]

41-XX - Approximations and expansions [MSC 2020]

60-XX - Probability theory and stochastic processes [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia