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Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1986. – 636 pp. - ISBN: 0-309-56408-5. On August 6, 1945, a 15-kiloton atomic bomb ignited the center of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, flattening it and killing more than 100,000 people. Just three days later, a second bomb was exploded over the city of Nagasaki, resulting in the deaths of another 70, 000. For months after the attack, many survivors developed symptoms that puzzled doctors: blood cell abnormalities, high fevers, chronic fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, and depression. Physicians began to term these symptoms "radiation sickness." It would eventually be revealed that survivors were experiencing an increased incidence of certain forms of cancer. Now, forty-one years later, the destructive power of a 15-kiloton bomb (equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT) is dwarfed by weapons of megaton force (1 million tons of TNT). Although development of ever more destructive weapons continues, scientific examination of the effects of nuclear weapons upon the short- and long-term health of survivors, as well as upon the environment, has lagged until very recently. Contents . Foreword. - Lewis Thomas. Preface. - Robert Q. Marston, and Fredric Solom

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Author

Solomon F., Marston R.Q. (Eds.)

Publisher

National Academies Press

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780309078665

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Social Science