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005			20240726105059.0
008			180709s2018 mdu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9781421425320 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-us--- _an-us-ca
050	0	4	_aU394 _b.A447 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aTarter, C. B., _e1
245	1	0	_aThe American lab : _ban insider's history of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / _cBruce Tarter.
246	3		_aInsider's history of LLNL
246	3	0	_aInsider's history of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
260			_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	0		_aJohns Hopkins nuclear history and contemporary affairs
504			_a2
520	0		_a"In The American Lab, former LLNL director Bruce Tarter captures the spirit of the Laboratory and its reflection of the broader world in which it thrived. He identifies the major themes that have characterized science and technology in the latter half of the twentieth century--the growth and decline of nuclear warheads, the unprecedented rise of supercomputing technology, laser systems, fusion, and mass spectrometry. He illuminates the Cold War dynamic from the participants' point of view--an unusual and valuable perspective on nuclear history. The story of the laboratory is a tale of three eras. Although the Lab took its research vision from European Edward Teller, its modus operandi came almost exclusively from namesake Ernest Lawrence and was subsequently invented in-house by its scientists and staff. During its first two decades the Lab's focus was almost entirely on nuclear weapons research and development, with a few other smaller enterprises that were technically related to the nuclear weapons activities. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Laboratory, along with many others in the Department of Energy complex, expanded into civilian pursuits that included energy, environment, biology, and basic science. A major program in laser science and technology became a cornerstone of this period. The third era was initiated by the end of the Cold War and saw the transformation of the traditional nuclear weapons activities into the stockpile stewardship program along with the rapid growth of projects that can be broadly characterized as homeland security. Tarter's history/memoir of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides an insider's examination of nuclear science in the Cold War and the technological shift that occurred after the fall of the Berlin Wall."--Provided by publisher.
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610	2	0	_aLawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
650		0	_aResearch _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aNuclear weapons _xResearch _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aMilitary research _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCold War.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1779581&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell