Multiple exposures : chronicles of the radiation age /

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Author / Creator:Caufield, Catherine
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:New York : Perennial Library, c1989.
Description:xii, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1019898
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ISBN:0060159006 : $19.95
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 281-[284].
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Summary:"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
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xii, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 281-[284].
ISBN:0060159006