Atomic Junction - Nuclear Power in Africa After Independence

Examining the quest for nuclear power in Africa through the case of Ghana's Atomic Energy Commission, this comprehensive history of nuclear research places archival sources alongside interviews with town leaders, physicists and entrepreneurs to explore the impact of these scientific pursuits on Ghanaian society.

List of contents

Preface: nuclear reveries; 1. Introduction: 'no country has monopoly of ability'; 2. Nuclear winds: particles without boundaries; 3. Scientific equity: physics from the Soviets; 4. Atomic reactors: a fission facility for Ghana; 5. Radiation within: monitoring particles in bodies; 6. Atomic lands: risks on a nuclear frontier; Epilogue: nuclear power at the crossroads.

About the author

Abena Dove Osseo-Asare is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas, Austin, holds a secondary appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health at the University of Texas's Dell Medical School, and is a serving member of the editorial boards of Endeavour and Social History of Medicine. She is the author of Bitter Roots: The Search for Healing Plants in Africa (2014), which was awarded the Melville J. Herskovits Prize in African Studies and the American Historical Association Pacific Coast Branch Book Prize.

Summary

Examining the quest for nuclear power in Africa through the case of Ghana's Atomic Energy Commission, this comprehensive history of nuclear research places archival sources alongside interviews with town leaders, physicists and entrepreneurs to explore the impact of these scientific pursuits on Ghanaian society.

Product details

• Authors: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove (University of Texas Osseo-Asare, Osseo-Asare Abena Dove
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108457378
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45737-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ghana, HISTORY / Africa / General, Politics & government, History of Science, Politics and government, African History, Nuclear power & engineering, Nuclear power and engineering, African history; energy politics; African studies