Radiation : what it is, what you need to know / Robert Peter Gale, M.D.,Ph.D, and Eric Lax.
Radiation : what it is, what you need to know / Robert Peter Gale, M.D.,Ph.D, and Eric Lax.
Radiation : what it is, what you need to know / Robert Peter Gale, M.D.,Ph.D, and Eric Lax.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]
Call Numbers
G 2013/1515
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Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 270 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colored) ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Assessing the risks -- Radiation from discovery to today -- The nature of radiation -- Radiation and cancer -- Genetic diseases, birth defects, and irradiated food -- Radiation and medicine -- Bombs -- Nuclear power and radioactive waste -- Summing up.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2013]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet, and without radiation there would be...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Radiation : what it is, what you need to know / Robert Peter Gale, M.D.,Ph.D, and Eric Lax.
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2013/1515
Record Identifier
74Vv50JE84oy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv50JE84oy
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ISBN
0307959694 (hbk.)
9780307959690 (hardback)
DDC
363.179
MMS ID
991017838859702626
