Title:
Radioactivity : a very short introduction / Claudio Tuniz.
Author:
Tuniz, C. (Claudio)
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
QC795.T86 2012
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780199692422
Series:
Very short introductions ; 324
Very short introductions ; 324.
Physical Description:
xx, 154 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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Contents:
1. Opening the nuclear Pandora's box -- 2. Unlimited energy -- 3. Food and water -- 4. Radiation and radioactivity in medicine -- 5. Radioactive gadgets and gauges -- 6. Fear of radioactivity -- 7. Tracing the origin and the evolution of Earth -- 8. Tracing human origins and history.
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