Radiation - Info and Reading Options
what it is, what you need to know
By Robert Peter Gale
"Radiation" was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2013 - New York, it has 270 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Radiation” Metadata:
- Title: Radiation
- Author: Robert Peter Gale
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 270
- Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
- Publish Date: 2013
- Publish Location: New York
“Radiation” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Environmental health - Radiation - SCIENCE / History - SCIENCE / Nuclear Physics - SCIENCE / Radiation - Radiation Effects - Popular Works
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xi, 270 p., [4] p. of plates
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27141908M - OL19961676W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 774490824
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2012028975
- ISBN-13: 9780307959690
- ISBN-10: 0307959694
- All ISBNs: 0307959694 - 9780307959690
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"Radiation" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Assessing the risks
- 2- Radiation from discovery to today
- 3- The nature of radiation
- 4- Radiation and cancer
- 5- Genetic diseases, birth defects, and irradiated food
- 6- Radiation and medicine
- 7- Bombs
- 8- Nuclear power and radioactive waste
- 9- Summing up.
"Radiation" Description:
The Open Library:
"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 no life here. While radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now, Dr. Robert Peter Gale--one of the world's leading experts on radiation--and Eric Lax set the record straight, correcting myths and establishing facts with an exceptional depth of knowledge and the ability to impart that knowledge in an impartial, lucid and compelling manner. Demystifying society's trigger words for anxiety--Uranium, Plutonium, Iodine-131, X-ray, CT scan, radiation of food--the authors explore the science, benefits, and risks of radiation exposure, drawing on the most up-to-date research and on Gale's extensive experience treating victims of radiation accidents around the globe. Here is an illuminating and essential guide to our post-Chernobyl, post-Fukushima world"--Provided by publisher.
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