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Since the day the man understood how to exploit nuclear energy, history has changed its course forever. Brilliant scientific discoveries as well as dreadful applications have marked human history.
What is there inside an atom? Who discovered it and how? How can it properly be used for the benefit of mankind?
This book tells everything about nuclear energy: from the discovery of radioactivity to the studies on nuclear fusion; from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to the current terroristic threats; from the functioning of nuclear power plants to Fukushima nuclear disaster; from waste disposal to medical applications. Nuclear energy is used in several fields - military, civilian, scientific and medical - affecting our present and future lives for better or for worse.

Foreword
The discovery of nuclear energy
Military nuclear programs
Civilian nuclear programs
Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents
Safety and public perception of nuclear energy
Bibliography
Sitography
Analytical index

With a background in Physics and a past experience as a science writer, Giancarlo Sturloni is among the major Italian experts on Communication of Risk, which he currently teaches at the University of Trieste, University of Udine and University of Ferrara. He also teaches Scientific journalism at the School in Science communication at SISSA, Trieste. He is the author of Energia nucleare (Nuclear Energy, Alpha Test, 2011), Le mele di Chernobyl sono buone (Chernobyl’s apples are good, Sironi, 2006), and co-author of Di che cosa parliamo quando parliamo di medicina with Daniela Minerva (What we talk about when we discuss Medicine, Codice, 2007).