title: Fallout: Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age
author:  Fred Pearce 
description: &ldquo;Pearce insightfully dissects the profound psychological and political impact nuclear technology has had on humankind and unflinchingly questions whether it might be time to acknowledge that its promises for both energy and defense have been largely unfulfilled.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;<i>Booklist</i><br><br>&ldquo;In <i>Fallout</i>, Mr. Pearce, a veteran science journalist, travels the world to pin down what he calls &lsquo;the radioactive legacies of the nuclear age.&rsquo; He moves between weaponry and energy, cataloguing mistakes, dishonesty and irrational fears. The result is a panorama of atomic grotesquerie that is at once troubling, surprising and ruthlessly entertaining.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;<i>The Economist</i><br><br>&ldquo;For any reader who craves a clear-headed examination of the tangled relationship between a powerful technology and human politics, foibles, fears, and arrogance, <i>Fallout</i> is the definitive look at humanity&rsquo;s nuclear adventure.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;<i>Midwest Book Review</i><br><br>&ldquo;This tour de force by Fred Pearce takes the reader on a riveting journey through nuclear installations and radioactive landscapes around the world. A blend of firsthand reporting and historical research, Pearce&rsquo;s prose reads easily while simultaneously asking the hard questions. The author&rsquo;s penetrating political eye and sober scientific gaze combine to reveal the many reasons, including toxic legacies of fear and deception, that it&rsquo;s time to call an end to the nuclear age. Read this book as if the future depended on it.&rdquo;<br>&mdash;Betsy Hartmann, author of <i>The America Syndrome: Apocalypse, War and Our Call to Greatness</i>
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  The Fallout Series 3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Heather Young-Nichols
  
  
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  [Chapter One](part0000_split_003.xhtml#_Toc39593328)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_004.xhtml#_Toc39593329)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_005.xhtml#_Toc39593330)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_005.xhtml#_Toc39593331)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_007.xhtml#_Toc39593332)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0000_split_008.xhtml#_Toc39593333)
  