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E-ISBN 978-0-231-54419-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Sykes, L. R., author.

Title: Silencing the bomb : one scientist’s quest to halt nuclear testing / Lynn R. Sykes.

Description: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017010287 (print) | LCCN 2017044883 (ebook) | ISBN 9780231544191 (electronic) | ISBN 9780231182485 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Nuclear weapons—Testing. | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (1996 September 10) | Nuclear arms control. | Sykes, L. R.

Classification: LCC U264 (ebook) | LCC U264 .S96 2017 (print) | DDC 341.7/34—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010287

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