Screen LibraryRadioactivity : a very short introduction /
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| Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Very short introductions ;
324 |
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 154 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-141) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199692422 (paperback) : 0199692424 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QC795 |
| CLC: | O571.3 |
| Call Number: | O571.3/T926 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Opening the nuclear Pandora's box -- Unlimited energy? -- Food and water -- Radiation and radioactivity in medicine -- Radioactive gadgets and gauges -- Fear of radioactivity -- Tracing the origin and the evolution of Earth -- Tracing human origins and history. |