Radioactivity
A Very Short Introduction
$30.03
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
7 August 2012
Summary
You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and important applications in science, medicine, industry, and energy production. But it remains much misunderstood - and feared, perhaps because nuclear radiation cannot be detected by human senses, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199692422 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199692424 |
| Author: | Claudio Tuniz |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 7 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 117mm x 174mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
an enjoyable discussion of the light and dark side of radioactivity.
an enjoyable discussion of the light and dark side of radioactivity. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Claudio Tuniz
Claudio Tuniz was Assistant Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste. Previously he was Nuclear Counsellor at the Australian Embassy to the IAEA in Vienna and Director of the Physics Division at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization in Sydney. He is co-author of the book The Bone Readers (2009).
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