Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age
University of Chicago Press, 1990
Paper: 978-0-226-09785-5
Library of Congress Classification RA569.C38 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.1799
Paper: 978-0-226-09785-5
Library of Congress Classification RA569.C38 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.1799
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"Catherine Caufield has written an important book on an important topic:
the history behind the safety standards limiting the effects of high energy
radiation on human beings. . . . Provides an immense amount of information
in a very readable form."—W. Alan Runciman, Prometheus
"From fallout and radon to radioactive smoke detectors and dental X-rays,
Caufield traces the proliferation of the uses of radiation in medicine,
industry and the military, and in generating energy. An intelligent,
non-alarmist history."—Publishers Weekly
the history behind the safety standards limiting the effects of high energy
radiation on human beings. . . . Provides an immense amount of information
in a very readable form."—W. Alan Runciman, Prometheus
"From fallout and radon to radioactive smoke detectors and dental X-rays,
Caufield traces the proliferation of the uses of radiation in medicine,
industry and the military, and in generating energy. An intelligent,
non-alarmist history."—Publishers Weekly
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