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All Sides with Ann Fisher - 11:00 AM - The Age of Radiance: Atomic Energy's Rise and Fall
 
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Nuclear power often conjures nightmarish images of Hiroshima, but it fuels everything from microwaves to medicine, and this paradoxical energy source defined the 20th century. This hour we'll talk not just about our relationship with the radiation we fear, but the radiance behind earthquakes, the stuff that causes and cures cancer, and the radioactivity within the human body.

Guest:

Craig Nelson, author of The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
March 31, 2014