Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (700 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1515962857 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 572 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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. "Incredibly interesting and informative." ---Sandy's P.O.V
At 01:23:40 on April 26th 1986, Alexander Akimov pressed the emergency shutdown button at Chernobyl's fourth nuclear reactor. It was an act that forced the permanent evacuation of a city, killed thousands, and crippled the Soviet Union. This book, the result of five years of research, presents an accessible but comprehensive account of what really happened-from the desperate fight to prevent a burning reactor core from irradiating eastern Europe, to the self-sacrifice of the heroic men who entered fields of radiation so strong that machines wouldn't work, to the surprising truth about the legendary "Chernobyl diver," all the way through to the USSR's final show-trial. The historical narrative is interwoven with a story of the author's own spontaneous journey to Ukraine's still-abandoned city of Pripyat and the wider Chernobyl Zone.. The event spawned decades of conflicting, exaggerated, and inaccurate stories
Simply the Best Book About Chernobyl I've Read D. E. D. I have read many books about Chernobyl, from dry scientific texts to often silly fictional accounts of its aftermath, yet this young author has done the best job of all of them, offering a simple-yet-accurate description of how Chernobyl's RBMK reactors worked and, ultimately, how one of them critically failed. But there is much more here than a factual account of what happened 30 years ago at the V. I. Lenin power plant. Mr. Leatherbarrow shares his deepest feelings about what he encounters on his all-too-short journey to Pripyat and t. A Disturbing, Compelling Read I'm an engineer, so I thought my biggest takeaway would be, "So that's how they screwed it up." Instead I was fascinated by the tour of Pripyat, the nuclear plant, and the surrounding Exclusion Zone.I'm way too old for computer games, but I did play Call of Duty A Disturbing, Compelling Read Tonet I'm an engineer, so I thought my biggest takeaway would be, "So that's how they screwed it up." Instead I was fascinated by the tour of Pripyat, the nuclear plant, and the surrounding Exclusion Zone.I'm way too old for computer games, but I did play Call of Duty 4. That was my first encounter with the strange melancholy that the author describes. As Leatherbarrow continued his exploration of the hastily abandoned but eerily preserved city, my melancholy deepened to match his.Nuclear power plants are basically thermal heat exchangers tha. . That was my first encounter with the strange melancholy that the author describes. As Leatherbarrow continued his exploration of the hastily abandoned but eerily preserved city, my melancholy deepened to match his.Nuclear power plants are basically thermal heat exchangers tha. "The best single-volume account for lay readers" according to S. M.Silver. A self-published amateur effort that does a better, more readable, job on the disaster than many professional accounts I have read. Yes, for technical information, do make use of other sources, but understand that those sources will have little of the human drama a non-technical reader might be looking for. I was doubtful of the usefulness of such a book, given that Mr. Leatherbarrow is not a scientist or engineer and does not speak Russian. I decided to give his book a read based on the recommendation of another self-published person,
He works full-time, but spends much of his spare time reading and writing.Michael Page has been recording audiobooks since 1984 and has over two hundred audiobooks to his credit. He has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. A professional actor, Michael is currently a professor of theater at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. . Andrew Leatherbarrow lives with his fiance and their two children in Lancashire, England