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Nuclear Energy and the Agro-Industrial Complex

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On November 12, 1968, Dr Weinberg spoke to the American Society of Agronomy, Special Program on Research with a Mission. This is what he said.

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WEINBERG, A. Nuclear Energy and the Agro-Industrial Complex. Nature 222, 17–21 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222017a0

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