{"product_id":"2940169939231","title":"A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spread of nuclear weapons to unstable third world countries means that despite the dramatic improvement in US\/Soviet relations, we are living in a time of unprecedented danger of nuclear war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, Professors Sagan and Turco made known their discovery of the concept 'nuclear winter', a widespread cold and dark, resulting in agricultural collapse and world famine, that would be generated in even a 'small' nuclear war. It was a landmark discovery that revealed in the starkest terms how vulnerable our civilization is to the long-term environmental effects of nuclear war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Sagan, Pulitzer prize-winning science writer, and Richard Turco, tell the personal story of their findings, and how, despite the much-heralded thawing of the Cold War, there are dangerous inadequacies in nuclear policy and doctrine that need to be addressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroductory music from the original score for \u003ci\u003eCOSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e composed by Alan Silvestri, used with permission from Cosmos Studios, Inc. and Chappers Music. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Fuzzy Planets, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098186072304,"sku":"2940169939231","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169939231_p0.jpg?v=1763697550","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169939231","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}