As the world moved on, find out what happened to those left behind in this memoir of tragedy and death, people and land, and what comes after disaster. April 26, 1986. The reactor core of the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl began to melt, setting into motion the greatest nuclear disaster of the twentieth century. While Europe slept, a cloud laden with radiation traveled thousa...(展开全部)

On 26 April 1986 at 1:23 am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, contaminating over half of Europe with radioactive fallou...(展开全部)

*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018* *WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019* 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer 'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly being hailed as a classic' Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear...(展开全部)

*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018* *WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019* 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer 'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly being hailed as a classic' Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear...(展开全部)

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the science that spawned it, but also our understanding of the planet’s delicate ecology. With the...(展开全部)

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

亚当·希金博特姆（Adam Higginbotham） 1968年生于英国，《纽约客》《连线》《史密森尼》和《纽约时报杂志》主笔。 鲁伊 | 译者 旅居澳大利亚的独立译者。曾任《三联生活周刊》主笔。译作有《切尔诺贝利的午夜》《张纯如：无法忘却历史的女子》（曾获第四届中国传记文学奖翻译奖）等。

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. April 25, 1986, in Chernobyl, was a turning point in world history. The disaster not only changed the world’s perception of nuclear power and the science that spawned it, but also our understanding of the planet’s delicate ecology. With the...(展开全部)