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  title info:
    title: Radioactivity and Radiation
    sub title: What They Are, What They Do, and How to Harness Them
  name:
    name part: Grupen, Claus.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Rodgers, Mark.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XI, 248 p. 137 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book lays the foundations for you to understand all that you always wanted to know about radioactivity. It begins by setting out essential information about the structure of matter, how radiation occurs and how it can be measured. It goes on to explore the substantial benefits of radioactivity through its many applications, and also the possible risks associated with its use. The field of radioactivity is explained in layman’s terms, so that everybody who is interested can improve their understanding of issues such as nuclear power, radiation accidents, medical applications of radiation and radioactivity from the environment. Everything is radioactive. There is natural radioactivity in the homes that we live in, the food that we eat and the air that we breath. For over 100 years, people have recognised the potential for radioactivity to help solve problems and improve our standard of living. This has led to the creation of radioactivity levels in some places that are much higher than naturally-occurring background levels. Such high levels of radiation can be harmful to people and the environment, so there is a clear need to manage this potential harm and to make the risk worth the benefits mankind can achieve from radioactive materials.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Units of Radiation Protection -- Essentials of Nuclear Physics -- Interactions of Ionising Radiation with Matter -- Radiation Detectors -- Radiation Sources -- X-Rays -- Environmental Radioactivity -- Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation -- Nuclear Power -- Radiation Accidents -- Non-Ionising Radiation -- International Safety Standards for Radiation Protection -- Organization of Radiation Protection -- Practical Safety Measures.
  note: by Claus Grupen, Mark Rodgers.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear energy
  subject:
    topic: Particle acceleration
  subject:
    topic: Medical physics
  subject:
    topic: Radiation
  subject:
    topic: Nature
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Radiation protection
  subject:
    topic: Radiation
    topic: Safety measures
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Medical and Radiation Physics
  subject:
    topic: Popular Science in Nature and Environment
  subject:
    topic: Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
  subject:
    topic: Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
  subject:
    topic: Nuclear Energy
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319423302
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42330-2
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