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020			_a0307959694 : HRD _c$26.95
020			_a9780307959690 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)774490824
037			_bRandom House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 _nSAN 201-3975
050	0	0	_aRA569 _b.G294 2013
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100	1		_aGale, Robert Peter.
245	1	0	_aRadiation : _bwhat it is, what you need to know / _cRobert Peter Gale, M.D.,Ph.D, and Eric Lax.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c[2013]
264		4	_c
300			_axi, 270 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (chiefly color) ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index.
505	0		_aAssessing the risks -- Radiation from discovery to today -- The nature of radiation -- Radiation and cancer -- Genetic diseases, birth defects, and irradiated food -- Radiation and medicine -- Bombs -- Nuclear power and radioactive waste -- Summing up.
520			_a"A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world. The universe and our galaxy and planet Earth were born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet, and without radiation there would be no life here. While radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now, Dr. Robert Peter Gale--one of the world's leading experts on radiation--and Eric Lax set the record straight, correcting myths and establishing facts with an exceptional depth of knowledge and the ability to impart that knowledge in an impartial, lucid and compelling manner. Demystifying society's trigger words for anxiety--Uranium, Plutonium, Iodine-131, X-ray, CT scan, radiation of food--the authors explore the science, benefits, and risks of radiation exposure, drawing on the most up-to-date research and on Gale's extensive experience treating victims of radiation accidents around the globe. Here is an illuminating and essential guide to our post-Chernobyl, post-Fukushima world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aRadiation.
650		0	_aEnvironmental health.
700	1		_aLax, Eric.
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