Background
Turco, Richard Peter was born on March 9, 1943 in New York City. Son of Salvatore Joseph and Mary Louise (Cuocolo) Turco.
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Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War, Physical and Atmospheric Effects (SCOPE Series) (Volume 1)
(The first volume of a work discussing the state of scient...)
The first volume of a work discussing the state of scientific knowledge of the possible environmental consequences of nuclear war. It presents a consensus as to the effects nuclear detonations might have on climate, ecosystems and food supply.
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A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race
( The spread of nuclear weapons to unstable third world c...)
The 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. In 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. Carl 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. Introductory music from the original score for COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey composed by Alan Silvestri, used with permission from Cosmos Studios, Inc. and Chappers Music. All rights reserved. Special thanks to Fuzzy Planets, Inc.
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Richard Peter Turco
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University, 1965; PhDEE and Physics, University of Illinois, 1971.
Career
Research fellow, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, California, 1971; research scientist, Research and Development Associations, Los Angeles, 1971-1988; professor, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1988; Distinguished Faculty Research lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1992; department chair, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1993. Founding director Institute of the Environment, since 1995.
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Works
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A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race
( The spread of nuclear weapons to unstable third world c...)
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Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War, Physical and Atmospheric Effects (SCOPE Series) (Volume 1)
(The first volume of a work discussing the state of scient...)
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A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race
Membership
Member American Geophysical Union (president atmospheric science section 1992-1994, associate editor Journal Geophysical Research 1982-1991, fellow 1993), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Barbara Marie Bren, July 1, 1967 (divorced September 1990). 1 child, Richard Cameron. Married Linda Kay Stevenson, July 27, 1991.
