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A Field Guide to Radiation

A Field Guide to Radiation - Paperback

by Wayne Biddle
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wayne BiddleAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-07-31Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143121275ISBN-10:143121278UPC:9780143121275Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Radiation, Reference, Environmental ScienceSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCZJA50QT0
A comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding how radiation affects our everyday lives

Nuclear energy, X-rays, radon, cell phones . . . radiation is part of the way we live on a daily basis, and yet the sources and repercussions of our exposure to it remain mysterious. Now Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wayne Biddle offers a first-of-its-kind guide to understanding this fundamental aspect of the universe. From fallout to radiation poisoning, alpha particles to cosmic rays, Biddle illuminates the history, meaning, and health implications of one hundred scientific terms in succinct, witty essays. A Field Guide to Radiation is an essential, engaging handbook that offers wisdom and common sense for today's increasingly nuclear world.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143121275ISBN-10:143121278UPC:9780143121275Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Radiation, Reference, Environmental ScienceSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.2513Product ID:SCZJA50QT0
Wayne Biddle won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the "Star Wars" antimissile project. He is the author of five previous books, including A Field Guide to Germs, winner of the American Medical Writers Association's Walter C. Alvarez Honor Award, and Dark Side of the Moon, which was selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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