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Science 25 January 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5555, p. 632
DOI: 10.1126/science.1068554
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NUCLEAR POLICY:
A Brief For Power and Against Weapons

A review by Frank N. von Hippel

Megawatts and Megatons A Turning Point in the Nuclear Age?
Richard L. Garwin and Georges Charpak
New York, Knopf, 2001. 431 pp. $30, C$45. ISBN 0-375-40394-9.

Blending explanations of the physics of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons with policy analyses, the authors argue for accepting the benefits of nuclear power and acting to reduce the dangers of nuclear weaponry.
The author is at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1013, USA. E-mail: fvhippel{at}princeton.edu

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