Text and illustration look at the element uranium. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
Stuxnet and the launch of the world's first digital weapon
Zetter, Kim
2014
"This story of the virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear centrifuges ... shows that the door has been opened on a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb dropped from an airplane"--Provided by publisher.
Explores all facets of uranium as a natural resource in North America, investigating its natural history, human use, technology, environmental impact, and economic significance.
Details the history of uranium from the middle ages through the twenty-first century, and discusses the element's uses, potential, and value to mankind.
Uranium is a source of vast energy for our world. Learning how this metal is mined, milled, enriched, and finally put to use is essential to understanding both the appealing and controversial nature of uranium. Science terms such as fission, atom, and radiation are introduced to readers in an easy-to-understand way in this book.
Asks the reader to plot the path of the story, in which the protagonist is invited on an expedition to uncover an ancient civilization in Australia and encounters grave danger in the form of traitors and crime syndicates seeking uranium.
Award-winning journalist Judy Pasternak uncovers the scandal involving America's mining for uranium on Navajo reservations that began in the 1940s and continued into the twenty-first century. Describes how unprotected Native Americans were used as laborers despite health warnings, and how the radioactive "yellow dirt" contaminated the air, water, and soil nearby. Examines the deaths related to the uranium and the Native Americans' fight for justice.
