I meant to post this back in May, but it got buried and was rediscovered yesterday. Click following link to read the review in Chemical & Engineering News on Tom Zoellner's book "Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World."
Uranium was the first radioactive element to be discovered. Some uranium containing minerals were placed on top of a photographic plate back in 1896 by Henri Becquerel. The world has never been the same since.
The discovery of radioactivity gave us our first real look into the mysterious workings of the atom. Then came the realization of a new source of incredible energy. The plot of the story thickens in the 1930s and 1940s and goes into hyperdrive in the 1950s and 1960s.
This book is not so much about the science as it is about the history of this element 92 and its implications in our world. There are some interesting reviews at Amazon.com.
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