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Project Orion : the true story of the atomic spaceship / by Dyson, George,1953-(CARDINAL)135228;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-327) and index.
Subjects: Project Orion (United States. Air Force); Nuclear rockets; Nuclear explosions;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The beast from 20,000 fathoms [videorecording] ; Them! / by Hubschmid, Paul,1917-2002,actor.; Raymond, Paula,actor.; Morheim, Lou,1922-2013,actor.; Freiberger, Fred,actor.; Chester, Hal E.,film producer.; Dietz, Jack,film producer.; Lourié, Eugene,film director.(CARDINAL)738349; Whitmore, James,1921-2009,actor.(CARDINAL)843289; Gwenn, Edmund,1875-1959,actor.; Arness, James,1923-2011,actor.(CARDINAL)528104; Weldon, Joan,actor.; Sherdeman, Ted,screenwriter.; Weisbart, David,film producer.; Douglas, Gordon,1907-1993,film director.(CARDINAL)528219; Warner Bros. Entertainment.(CARDINAL)340305; Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
The beast from 20,000 fathoms: screenplay, Lou Morheim and Fred Freiberger ; producers, Hal Chester and Jack Dietz ; director, Eugene Lourie ; music, David Buttolph. Them: screenplay, Ted Sherdeman ; producer, David Weisbart ; director, Gordon Douglas ; music, Bronislaw Kaper.The beast from 20,000 fathoms: Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, with Donald Woods, Jack Pennick, Lee Van Cleef, Steve Brodie, Ross Elliott.Them: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, with Onslow Stevens, Sean McClory, Chris Drake.The beast from 20,000 fathoms: "As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way down the east coast of North America. Professor Tom Nesbitt, only witness to the beast's existence, is not believed, even when he identifies it as a "rhedosaurus" to paleontologist Thurgood Elson. All doubts disappear, however, when Elson is swallowed whole during an oceanic bathysphere excursion to search for the creature. Soon thereafter the rhedosaurus emerges from the sea and lays waste to Manhattan Island until Nesbitt comes up with a plan to try to stop the seemingly indestructible beast."--IMDb.Them: "Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic mutant ants who menace cities in the American south-west as a team of investigators and the army search for a way to control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film."--IMDb.Not rated.DVD, mono.
Subjects: Science fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Atomic bomb; Monsters; Underground nuclear explosions; Police;
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The mystery of the Tunguska fireball / by Verma, Surendra,1942-(CARDINAL)339964;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-267) and index.
Subjects: Ball lightning; Comets; Nuclear explosions; Tunguska meteorite.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Def-Con 4 :defense condition & [videorecording] Hell comes to Frogtown / by Bergman, Sandahl.; Chaykin, Maury,actor.; Choate, Tim,1954-2004,actor.; Frakes, Randall.(CARDINAL)686425; King, Kevin,actor.(CARDINAL)431595; Lynch, Kate,actor.; O'Connell, Maura.; Piper, Roddy,1954-2015,actor.(CARDINAL)671934; Zann, Lenore,1959-actor.; Image Entertainment (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)328010; New World Pictures (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)784576;
Def-Con 4: directors of photography, Douglas Connell, Les Krizsan ; editor, Todd Ramsay ; music, Chris Young.Hell comes to Frogtown: director of photography, Donald G. Jackson.Def-Con 4: Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch, Tim Choate.Hell comes to Frogtown: Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman.Def-Con 4: Three astronauts return to Earth two months after a nuclear holocaust has destroyed civilization.Hell comes to Frogtown: In a futuristic nuclear wasteland ruled by overgrown amphibians, a man named Hell must save as many fertile women as possible to perpetuate the human race.MPAA Rating: R.DVD; NTSC; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Action and adventure films.; Astronauts; Nuclear explosions; Science fiction films.; Survival; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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Burning the sky : Operation Argus and the untold story of the Cold War nuclear tests in outer space / by Wolverton, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)463919;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The middle of nowhere -- The panic of 1958 -- The elevator repairman -- Lines of force -- A sense of urgency -- The task force -- The farthest place on Earth -- Earth in a shroud -- The big finish -- A veil of secrecy -- The cold glare of day -- The light of science -- The sky is falling -- A pause to consider -- Bigger bangs -- The sun at night -- The haunted island -- The fire of Damocles -- Threats and legacies -- Postscript: A persistent afterglow.In Burning the Sky, Mark Wolverton tells the unknown and controversial story of this scheme to reveal a fascinating narrative that still has powerful resonances today. He chronicles Christofilos's unconventional idea from its inception to execution, when he persuaded the military to carry out the dangerous test-using the entire Earth's atmosphere as a laboratory. Combining his investigation of recently declassified military documents with more than a decade of experience in researching and writing about the science of the Cold War, Wolverton examines the scientific, political, and environmental implications of Argus, as well as that of the atmospheric tests that followed. He also discusses the roles played by physicist James Van Allen and President Eisenhower in the scheme, and how the whistleblowing journalists at The New York Times blew the lid off what was supposed to be America's ultimate nuclear secret. Burning the Sky is an engrossing read that will intrigue any lover of scientific or military history and will remind readers why Project Argus remains frighteningly relevant nearly sixty years later. 21 b&w and 9 color images and 5 maps
Subjects: Christofilos, Nicholas.; Operation Argus, 1958.; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear weapons; High-altitude nuclear explosions; Upper atmosphere; Artificial radiation belts.;
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Chernobyl / by Murray, Julie,1969-author.(CARDINAL)661881;
"This title will help readers understand the causes, timeline, and aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. The title is complete with glossary, index, and additional facts"--Provided by publisher.640L
Subjects: Informational works.; Illustrated works.; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Nuclear power plants; Environmental disasters; Evacuation of civilians; Nuclear energy; Nuclear explosions; Nuclear reactor accidents; Nuclear reactors; Radiation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Chernobyl explosion : how a deadly nuclear accident frightened the world / by Burgan, Michael,author.(CARDINAL)645032;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Ages 10-14.1050LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Environmental disasters; Nuclear power plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black sun : a novel / by Matthews, Owen,author.(CARDINAL)558434;
Part one. The city that doesn't exist -- Part two. Burned and blinded -- Part three. Scoured, melted, and blown away -- Part four. I am become death.A chilling and cinematic thriller set in 1961 in one of the most secretive locations in Soviet history. Ten days before the test of largest nuclear device in history--the Tsar Bomba--a KGB officer must investigate the murder of one of the architects of the bomb, and unravel a conspiracy that could set the world on fire"--|c Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Fiction.; Soviet Union.|b Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti; Physicists; Murder; High-altitude nuclear explosions; Cold War;
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Armageddon [videorecording] / by Bruckheimer, Jerry.(CARDINAL)346576; Hurd, Gale Anne.; Bay, Michael,1964-(CARDINAL)346603; Pool, Robert Roy.; Hensleigh, Jonathan.; Gilroy, Tony.; Salerno, Shane.(CARDINAL)538238; Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-(CARDINAL)535321; Willis, Bruce,1955-(CARDINAL)346674; Thornton, Billy Bob.(CARDINAL)638288; Tyler, Liv.(CARDINAL)531891; Affleck, Ben,1972-(CARDINAL)646193; Patton, Will.(CARDINAL)346632; Stormare, Peter.(CARDINAL)847890; David, Keith.; Buscemi, Steve,1957-(CARDINAL)342890; Rabin, Trevor.(CARDINAL)784942; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)784581; Touchstone Pictures.(CARDINAL)527647; Valhalla Motion Pictures.;
Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; editors, Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon, Glen Scantlebury ; music, Trevor Rabin.Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Steve Buscemi.When NASA's director realizes the Earth has 18 days before it's destroyed by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option: land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuke into its core.MPAA rating: PG-13; for sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language ;Blu-ray disc, regions A, B and C, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround (48 kHz/24-bit), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 480i standard defintion); requires Blu-ray player.
Subjects: Feature films (A-D).; Action and adventure films.; Science fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Films d'aventures.; Films de science-fiction.; Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.; Oil industry workers; Near-Earth objects; Nuclear explosions; Space flight; Astronauts; Astronauts; Vuelo espacial; Astronautas;
This Blu-ray disc is copy protected.
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Earth-shattering : violent supernovas, galactic explosions, biological mayhem, nuclear meltdowns, and other hazards to life in our universe / by Berman, Bob,author.(CARDINAL)349546;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.Part I: Cataclysms in the heavens. Cataclysms 101 ; It really was a Big Bang ; The death of cousin Theia ; Spooky things that went bang ; Blame it on the supernova ; Armageddon monument ; Tycho versus Kepler : dueling detonations ; When galaxies collide ; Magnetic violence ; The lethal antimatter fountain ; Dangerous bubbles ; The exploding galaxy next door ; Waiting for a Carrington cataclysm ; Can we trust space itself? ; The final supernova ; The 2017 kilonova -- Part II: Cataclysms of Earth. The oxygen holocaust ; The greatest mass extinction ; The dino saur show gets canceled ; Snowball Earth ; The plague ; Just the flu ; The Second World War ; Nuclear cataclysms ; A new state capital? ; Secrets of Chernobyl ; The hybrid cataclysm ; That thermonuclear business ; Modern meteors and flipping poles ; When it sure seemed like the apocalypse ; Invading our bodies today -- Part III: Tomorrow's cataclysms. Collision with Andromeda ; Upcoming cataclysms ; Holocene extinction ; The sun has the last word.A heart-pumping exploration of the biggest explosions in history, from the Big Bang to mysterious activity on Earth and everything in between The overwhelming majority of celestial space is inactive, and will remain forever unruffled. Similarly, more than 90% of the universe's 70 billion trillion suns had non-attention-getting births and are living out their existences in a steady predictable fashion. But when cosmic violence does unfold, it changes the very fabric of the universe with mega-explosions and ripple effects that reach the near limits of human comprehension. From exploding galaxies to supernovas and hypernovas to gamma ray bursts and space-and-time warping upheavals, these moments are rare yet powerful, often unseen but consequentially felt. In Cataclysms , Astronomy writer Bob Berman guides us through an epic, all-inclusive investigation into these instances of cosmic violence of the largest-magnitude. He will explore the sudden creation of dazzling "new stars," the furiously explosive birth of our own Moon, how every moment ultra-high energy cosmic rays continue to bombard us, despite the Earth's protective mechanisms, and even the ways in which humanity itself has harnessed cataclysmic energy for its own gain. It will lead us humans, seemingly hard wired to enjoy fireworks, to savor the all-time greatest pyrotechnic displays -- and the strange objects that arose from them, including the very materials Nature has used to fashion our brains.
Subjects: Big bang theory; Cosmology;
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