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Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl
Wormwood Forest A Natural History of Chernobyl
Author: Mary Mycio
In 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down, 135,000 people were evacuated. Almost twenty years later, the area remains a no-man's land, with radiation too intense for people to live there safely. Amazingly, though, it is nevertheless home to a unique and extraordinary new ecosystem. When the explosion ripped through the Number Fou...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780309103091
ISBN-10: 0309103096
Publication Date: 7/30/2007
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Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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I found this book to be an amazing piece of journalism. The author spent a lot of time within the zone in Chernobyl and shows a depth of well earned knowledge from her time spent there. I recommend this book very much to anyone interested journalism or a large amount of current world affairs.
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This book was an interesting read, although not at all what I was expecting to learn about the Thirty Kiilometer Zone of Alienation around the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Rather dry in some spots, though, but I learned so many things.
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reviewed Wormwood Forest: A Natural History of Chernobyl on + 36 more book reviews
This book was an interesting read, although not at all what I was expecting to learn about the Thirty Kiilometer Zone of Alienation around the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Rather dry in some spots, though, but I learned so many things.


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