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Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (Paperback) Loot Price: R896
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Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (Paperback): Abena Dove Osseo-Asare

Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa after Independence (Paperback)

Abena Dove Osseo-Asare

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After Atomic Junction, along the Haatso-Atomic Road there lies the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, home to Africa's first nuclear programme after independence. Travelling along this road, Abena Dove Osseo-Asare gathers together stories of conflict and compromise on an African nuclear frontier. She speaks with a generation of African scientists who became captivated with 'the atom' and studied in the Soviet Union to make nuclear physics their own. On Pluton Lane and Gamma Avenue, these scientists displaced quiet farming villages in their bid to establish a scientific metropolis, creating an epicentre for Ghana's nuclear physics community. By placing interviews with town leaders, physicists and local entrepreneurs alongside archival records, Osseo-Asare explores the impact of scientific pursuit on areas surrounding the reactor, focusing on how residents came to interpret activities on these 'Atomic Lands'. This combination of historical research, personal and ethnographic observations shows how Ghanaians now stand at a crossroad, where some push to install more reactors, whilst others merely seek pipe-borne water.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2019
Authors: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare
Dimensions: 228 x 153 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-45737-8
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Nuclear power & engineering
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > History > African history > General
LSN: 1-108-45737-1
Barcode: 9781108457378

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