Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Silent Intruder The Silent Intruder Michael Hudson xi, 208 pages ; 22 cm OL14932340W
Waves Waves Gloria Skurzynski Examines different kinds of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, microwaves, light, x-rays and gamma rays. OL15129367W
Nature's invisible rays Nature's invisible rays Jacob Kastner Describes the invisible radiation that occurs naturally on earth. One in a series describing the fields of nuclear energy. OL173679W
Radiation and health Radiation and health Southwood, Richard Sir,Robin Russell Jones xv, 292 p. : 24 cm OL18918790W
Advances in geophysics Advances in geophysics Jacques van Mieghem,Helmut Erich Landsberg ADVANCES IN GEOPHYSICS VOLUME 12. OL19824443W
Atoms in Plasmas Atoms in Plasmas Valery S. Lisitsa Atoms in Plasmas is concerned with radiative-collisional phenomena in neutral and ionized gases. Central to the studies is a "perturbed atom" that is an atom under the influence of different perturba… OL19828803W
The relative biological effectiveness of radiations of different quality The relative biological effectiveness of radiations of different quality National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements viii, 218 p. : 23 cm OL1993915W
Radioactivity Radioactivity C. Tuniz 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 radiatio… OL19966195W
Radiation protection in medical radiography Radiation protection in medical radiography E. Russell Ritenour,Mary Alice Statkiewicz Sherer,Paula J. Visconti Offers essential information on radiation protection and the biological effects of ionizing radiation, to ensure its safe medical use. Building from basic to more complex concepts, this book also pre… OL20491936W
Radiation exposure and high altitude flight Radiation exposure and high altitude flight National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements At NASA's request, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) was asked to consider radiation exposure to aviation crews and passengers on commercial flights resulting from … OL20911547W
Principles of radiation interaction in matter and detection Principles of radiation interaction in matter and detection Claude Leroy The fourth edition of this book has been widely revised. It includes additional chapters and some sections were complemented with new ones or with an extension of their content. In this edition a com… OL22321817W
Katy Cooper in the Thunder Pit Katy Cooper in the Thunder Pit H. Frank Woods "A tragic mistake made by an alien race 50,000 years in the past leads to a planet-wide genocide. Now the inhabitants of a planet called 'Earth' face destruction at the hands of the same madman who w… OL24275272W
Dosimetry in diagnostic radiology Dosimetry in diagnostic radiology F. Pernicka This publication is intended to support those working in the field of diagnostic radiology dosimetry, both in standards laboratories involved in the calibration of dosimeters and those in clinical ce… OL24823544W
Food for nought Food for nought Ross Hume Hall This book is an excellent review of how the depletion of nutrients in the soil has led to poor quality food. Given that it was written in 1974, it is a remarkably forward thinking book, providing ins… OL4475622W
Primer of medical radiobiology Primer of medical radiobiology Elizabeth Latorre Travis xiv, 241 p. : 24 cm OL4775547W
Radiation and human health Radiation and human health John W. Gofman There is a very large fund of accumulated knowledge concerning the effects of low doses of radiation on human health. Yet, the information available is not very useful in its crude, unintegrated form… OL6336284W
CRC handbook of radioactive nuclides CRC handbook of radioactive nuclides Yen Wang Contains information on radioactive nuclides, instrumentation, dosimetry and applications, as well as on general radiation protection. OL7093906W