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“Cover and dust jacket are worn with scratches and peeling. Hardcover.”
ISBN
9781400041138
Book Title
100 Suns
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
13.6 in
Publication Year
2003
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Michael Light
Genre
Photography, Science, History
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / Weapons, Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Physics / Atomic & Molecular, Photoessays & Documentaries
Item Weight
70.8 Oz
Item Width
10.8 in
Number of Pages
208 Pages

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Between July 1945 and November 1962 the United States is known to have conducted 216 atmospheric and underwater nuclear tests. After the Limited Test Ban Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1963, nuclear testing went underground. It became literally invisible--but more frequent: the United States conducted a further 723 underground tests, the last in 1992. 100 Suns documents the era of visible nuclear testing, the atmospheric era, with one hundred photographs drawn by Michael Light from the archives at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. National Archives in Maryland. It includes previously classified material from the clandestine Lookout Mountain Air Force Station based in Hollywood, whose film directors, cameramen and still photographers were sworn to secrecy. The title, 100 Suns , refers to the response by J.Robert Oppenheimer to the world's first nuclear explosion in New Mexico when he quoted a passage from the Bhagavad Gita, the classic Vedic text: "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One . . . I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This was Oppenheimer's attempt to describe the otherwise indescribable. 100 Suns likewise confronts the indescribable by presenting without embellishment the stark evidence of the tests at the moment of detonation. Since the tests were conducted either in Nevada or the Pacific the book is simply divided between the desert and the ocean. Each photograph is presented with the name of the test, its explosive yield in kilotons or megatons, the date and the location. The enormity of the events recorded is contrasted with the understated neutrality of bare data. Interspersed within the sequence of explosions are pictures of the awestruck witnesses. The evidence of these photographs is terrifying in its implication while at same time profoundly disconcerting as a spectacle. The visual grandeur of such imagery is balanced by the chilling facts provided at the end of the book in the detailed captions, a chronology of the development of nuclear weaponry and an extensive bibliography. A dramatic sequel to Michael Light's Full Moon , 100 Suns forms an unprecedented historical document.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400041139
ISBN-13
9781400041138
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2352734

Product Key Features

Book Title
100 Suns
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Military / Nuclear Warfare, Military / Weapons, Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Physics / Atomic & Molecular, Photoessays & Documentaries
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Photography, Science, History
Author
Michael Light
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
70.8 Oz
Item Length
13.6 in
Item Width
10.8 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2003-106275
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
779/.962345119/0973
Lc Classification Number
U264.3.L53 2003
Copyright Date
2003

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  • by laspulgas
    Oct 08, 2006

    A book showing photos of nuclear bomb explosions.

    This book is a collection of photos, of nuclear bomb explosions. It shows the reality of just of serious nuclear bomb's are. One can level a city, (although that is not shown in the book), but as you look at the pictures - you can easily visualize that happening. This book is a modern day wake-up call to society of just how deadly a nuclear bomb can be. The pictures tell us why we must prevent, AT ANY COST, these weapons of mass destruction (WMD) falling into the hands of countries and organizations who will readily use them to destroy the human race. These photos will shock people into the reality that this is a REAL AND PRESENT DANGER. We cannot allow fanatics in other countries to use these kind of weapons, and if we do, if we don't stop those fanatics now,it will be the begining ...

  • by markvance1004
    Jun 05, 2010

    100 Suns

    A well illustrated book featuring a number of different photos of nuclear tests with a glossary explaining the purpose and results of each test. I found it to be very interesting and informative. Recommended for those with an interest in nuclear weapons and military history.

  • by bellaseri
    Jun 02, 2020

    great pic's very interesting

    ExcellentGreat pic's

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: bugler1998

  • by ihaveahairyback
    Oct 29, 2013

    Great book, recommentd it to anyone.

    I purchased this as a gift for my son-he has always wanted this book and just thinks the pictures are the coolest!! You won't be disappointed!