Nuclear Fallout as Risk: Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution

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Nuclear Fallout as Risk : Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution. / Sylvest, Casper.

Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas and Aspirations. red. / Johan Östling; Niklas Olsen; David Larsson Heidenblad. London : Routledge, 2020. s. 21-38.

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Sylvest, C 2020, Nuclear Fallout as Risk: Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution. i J Östling, N Olsen & DL Heidenblad (red), Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas and Aspirations. Routledge, London, s. 21-38. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019275-3

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Sylvest, C. (2020). Nuclear Fallout as Risk: Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution. I J. Östling, N. Olsen, & D. L. Heidenblad (red.), Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas and Aspirations (s. 21-38). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019275-3

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Sylvest C. Nuclear Fallout as Risk: Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution. I Östling J, Olsen N, Heidenblad DL, red., Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas and Aspirations. London: Routledge. 2020. s. 21-38 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019275-3

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Sylvest, Casper. / Nuclear Fallout as Risk : Denmark and the Thermonuclear Revolution. Histories of Knowledge in Postwar Scandinavia: Actors, Arenas and Aspirations. red. / Johan Östling ; Niklas Olsen ; David Larsson Heidenblad. London : Routledge, 2020. s. 21-38

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