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A field guide to radiation / Wayne Biddle.

Summary:

An accessible explanation of how radiation affects everyday life illuminates the history, meaning and health implications of radiation through 100 lighthearted essays that cover everything from x-rays and cell phones to nuclear energy and exposure risks.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143121275
ISBN: 0143121278
Physical Description: xxvi, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Absorbed dose -- Actinium-225, -227 -- Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) -- Alpha particles -- Americium-241, -243 -- Antimony-122, -124, -125, -126, -127 -- Argon-37 -- Background radiation -- Barium-133, -137, -140 -- Becquerel -- Beryllium-7, -10 -- Beta particles -- Bismuth-205, -210, -212, -213, -214 -- Boron, Cadmium -- Bromine-77 -- Calcium-45, -47 -- Californium-252 -- Carbon-11, -14 -- Cell phones -- Cerium-141, -144 -- Cesium-134, -135, -136, -137 -- Chromium-51 -- Cobalt-57, -58, -60 -- Containment -- Cosmic rays -- Critical mass -- Curie -- Curium-242, -243, -244 -- Decay product -- Dosimeter -- Effective dose -- Enriched uranium -- Equivalent dose -- Exposure -- Fallout -- Fission/fusion -- Francium-223 -- Gamma rays -- Geiger counter -- Gray -- Half-life -- Iodine-123, -124, -125, -131 -- Iridium-192 -- Iron-55, -59 -- Krypton-81, -85 -- Lanthanum-140 -- Lead-210, -212, -214 -- Linear no-threshold (LNT) -- Medical radiation -- Molybdenum-99 -- Neptunium-237, -239 -- Neutrons -- Nickel-59, -63 -- Niobium-95 -- Occupational radiation -- Plutonium-238, -239, -240, -241, -242, -244 -- Polonium-210, -214, -218 -- Potassium-40 -- Praseodymium-144 -- Protactinium-231 -- Radioactive waste -- Radioisotope, radionuclide -- Radium-223, -224, -226, -228 -- Radon -- Rubidium-82, -85, -87 -- Ruthenium-103, -106 -- Scandium-46, -47 -- Selenium-79 -- Sievert -- Silver-108M, -110M -- Sodium-22, -24 -- Strontium-89, -90 -- Sulfur-35 -- Technetium-99M -- Tellurium-129, -132 -- Thallium-201 -- Thorium-231, -232 -- Tritium -- Uranium-234, -235, -238 -- Xenon-133, -135 -- X-rays -- Yttrium-90, -91 -- Zinc-65 -- Zirconium-93, -95.