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Radioactivity : introduction and history
- Title
- Radioactivity : introduction and history / Michael L'Annunziata.
- Author
- L'Annunziata, Michael F.
- Publication
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Boston [Mass.] ; Oxford, UK : Elsevier, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QC794.98 .L366 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 609 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- 'Radioactivity' provides an introduction to radioactivity from natural & artificial sources on earth & radiation of cosmic origins. This book answers many questions for the layperson, student, teacher, & even practitioner as to the origins, properties, detection & measurement, & applications of radioactivity.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Radioactivity
- Radioactivity > History
- Nuclear physicists
- Physicists > 20th century > Biography
- Radiation
- Radioactivity
- Radiation
- radioactivity
- nuclear physicists
- Radioactivité
- Physiciens
- Biographies
- Histoire
- Physicists
- Nuclear physicists
- Radioaktivität
- Radioaktivitet
- Radioaktivitet > historia
- Kärnfysiker > 1800-talet > 1900-talet > biografi
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Radioactivity and our well-being -- Alpha radiation -- Beta radiation -- Gamma- and x-radiation, photons -- Neutron radiation -- Atomic electron radiation -- Cosmic radiation -- Cherenkov radiation -- Radionuclide decay, mass, and radioactivity units.
- ISBN
- 9780444527158
- 044452715X
- LCCN
- 2008925731
- OCLC
- ocn141386365
- 141386365
- SCSB-1447533
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library