| Author/Contributor(s): | Caufield, Catherine |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Date: | 04/16/1990 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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