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Basic Health Physics : Problems and Solutions
Joseph J. Bevelacqua
Hardcover - $321.95
Radiation litigation, the cleanup and decommissioning of nuclear facilities, radon exposure, nuclear medicine, food irradiation, stricter regulatory climate— these are some of the reasons health physics and radiation protection professionals ar ...
Radioactive Substances
Marie Curie
Paperback - $13.95
"For the price of a movie ticket and a handful of popcorn, a reader can have a copy of Dr. Marie Curie's 1904 doctoral dissertation (English translation). This is not a typical dissertation, of course. For this research, she, her husband, and Henri B ...
Optical Radiation Detectors
Eustace L. Dereniak
Hardcover - $411.95
Optical Radiation Detectors, Eustace L. Dereniak and Devon G. Crowe
Offers a comprehensive, integrated treatment of optical radiation detectors, discussing their capabilities and limitations. Background material on radiometry, noise sources, and ...
A Monte Carlo Primer : A Practical Approach to Radiation Transport
Stephen A. Dupree
Hardcover - $446.95
This book introduces the reader to the use of Monte Carlo methods for solving practical problems in radiation transport, and will also serve as a reference work for practitioners in the field. It assumes the reader has a general knowledge of calculus ...
Radioelements and Isotopes : Chemical Forces and Optical Properties of Substances
Kasimir Fajans
Hardcover - $58.95
A pioneer researcher in the field explores radioelements and isotopes. The text begins with an examination of chemical forces and optical properties. Deformability of ions follow, with discussions of the change of the refractivities of ions in molecu ...
Plutonium and the Rio Grande
William L. Graf
Hardcover - $305.95
The first atomic bombs were constructed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where lab workers disposed of waste plutonium in nearby canyons leading to the Rio Grande. Today, the environmental consequences are just beginning to be understood as sci ...
Deadly Sunshine : The History and Fatal Legacy of Radium
David I. Harvie
Paperback - $36.95
From its discovery by Marie Curie, radium was treated as some sort of wonder element. Capable of preventing disease, being used by quacks and doctors alike, it had thousands of uses. All that was to change by the 1920s. As radiation poisoning was bei ...