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Strange glow :the story of radiation

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Jorgensen, Timothy J.

Strange glow :the story of radiation

Princeton, New Jersey

Princeton University Press

2016

xiii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references )pages 453-464( and index

Timothy J. Jorgensen

Preface. Nuclear jaguars -- Part one. Radiation 101 : the basics. Now you see it : radiation revealed -- Seek and you shall find : radioactivity everywhere -- Splitting hairs : atomic particles and nuclear fission -- Part two. The health effects of radiation. Painted into a corner : radiation and occupational illness -- The Hippocratic paradox : radiation cures cancer -- Location, location, location : radiation sickness -- Snow warning : radioactive fallout -- After the dust settles : measuring the cancer risk of radiation -- Breeding season : genetic effects -- Crystal clear : the target for radiation damage -- Part three. Weighing the risks and benefits of radiation. Silent spring : radon in homes -- A tale of two cities : diagnostic radiography -- Sorry, wrong number : cell phones -- Hot tuna : radioactivity in food -- Blue moon : nuclear power plant accidents -- The things they carried : geopolitical radiation threats -- Epilogue. N-Rays

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