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Nuclear Radiation: What it is, How to Detect it, How to Protect Yourself from it
After the 1979 Three Mile Island power plant accident, and after many subsequent nuclear incidents, newspapers contain stories about radioactivity. Numbers are given that indicate the levels of releases - rems, rads, curies, etc. What does all this mean? The average citizen has only a vague understanding of what radiation is.
What about medical radiation, X-rays, and other nuclear treatments? What are the tradeoffs between its benefits and long term cumulative effects?
So how can you find out what radioactivity is, and how it harms you? You could pick up a book on nuclear physics, but most books dwell on just some aspect of it. To get a full understanding of radioactivity and its biological effects, you will have to dig through many books.
This book is designed to "dig though the books" for you. It is written for someone who has no background in nuclear physics, yet would like to have an understanding of what radioactivity is and its biological effects.
This book starts with the basics and is written in significant detail so that the non-technical reader can obtain an understanding of the phenomenon of radioactivity and its effects.
To really understand radioactivity and its biological effects, you have to start at the beginning and understand what atoms are, since that is where radioactivity comes from.
To understand biological effects, you have to understand the biochemical and biophysical processes of radiation exposure at the cellular level.
The book also explains how radiation is detected and discusses radiation protection and avoidance.
What about medical radiation, X-rays, and other nuclear treatments? What are the tradeoffs between its benefits and long term cumulative effects?
So how can you find out what radioactivity is, and how it harms you? You could pick up a book on nuclear physics, but most books dwell on just some aspect of it. To get a full understanding of radioactivity and its biological effects, you will have to dig through many books.
This book is designed to "dig though the books" for you. It is written for someone who has no background in nuclear physics, yet would like to have an understanding of what radioactivity is and its biological effects.
This book starts with the basics and is written in significant detail so that the non-technical reader can obtain an understanding of the phenomenon of radioactivity and its effects.
To really understand radioactivity and its biological effects, you have to start at the beginning and understand what atoms are, since that is where radioactivity comes from.
To understand biological effects, you have to understand the biochemical and biophysical processes of radiation exposure at the cellular level.
The book also explains how radiation is detected and discusses radiation protection and avoidance.
131 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 1980
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