Radiation category: 95 books
Engineering the Climate
The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management discusses the ethical issues associated with deliberately engineering a cooler climate to combat global warming. Climate engineering (also known as geoengineering) has recently experienced a surge of interest given the growing likelihood...
Environmental Monitoring with Arduino
Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the World Around Us
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
After the devastating tsunami in 2011, DYIers in Japan built their own devices to detect radiation levels, then posted their finding on the Internet. Right now, thousands of people worldwide are tracking environmental conditions with monitoring devices they’ve built themselves. You can do it too!
This...
Summary of Atomic Accidents
by James Mahaffey | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary of the book and NOT the original book. Summary of Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey | Includes Analysis Inside this Instaread Summary: • Overview of the entire book • Introduction to the important people in the...
3rd International Conference on Radiation Safety & Security in Healthcare Services
Proceedings of the Thirs, ICRSSHS, Dewan Budaya USM, Penang, Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Radiation Safety & Security in Healthcare Services. The conference was held at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang on 19th–20th August 2017.
Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport
Fundamentals and Advanced Topics
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
This book is a guide to the use of Monte Carlo techniques in radiation transport. This topic is of great interest for medical physicists. Praised as a "gold standard" for accurate radiotherapy dose calculations, Monte Carlo has stimulated a high level of research activity that has produced...
by Dr George Georgiou
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
How to Survive A Nuclear FalloutDr. Georgiou, Ph.D.,D.Sc (AM).,N.D., is a chartered biologist, iridologist, naturopath, herbalist, homeopath, nutritionist, bioresonance specialist, acupuncturist, clinical psychologist and clinical sexologist. He has been a clinician most of his life and is the Director...
Radiological Safety and Quality
Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
This book is the product of a unique collaboration by experts from leading international, regional and national agencies and professional organizations discussing on the current ‘hot’ issue on the judicious use and safety of radiation in radiology. There have been several cases involving radiation...
by Claudio Tuniz
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and...
by Dhiraj Sinha, Gehan A J Amaratunga
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
This book is an introduction to the concept of symmetries in electromagnetism and explicit symmetry breaking. It begins with a brief background on the origin of the concept of symmetry and its meaning in fields such as architecture, mathematics and physics. Despite the extensive developments of symmetry...
Radioactive Clouds of Death over Utah
Downwinders’ Fallout Cancer Epidemic Updated
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS OF DEATH OVER UTAH
From 1950 to the 1958 moratorium on atmospheric testing, the Atomic Energy Commission detonated over 100 atomic bombs at the Nevada Test Site. The inhabitants of St. George, Utah--the so-called downwinders--were repeatedly in the fly zone of these toxic,...
Overpowered
The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMF) and What You Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Keys, wallet, cell phone . . . ready to go! Cell phones have become ubiquitous fixtures of twenty-first-century life—suctioned to our ears and stuck in our pockets. Yet, we’ve all heard whispers that these essential little devices give you brain cancer. Many of us are left wondering, as Maureen...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
This book begins with the basic terms and definitions and takes a student, step by step, through all areas of medical physics. The book covers radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, dosimetry, radiation shielding, and nuclear medicine, all at a level suitable for undergraduates. This title not only...
The Phantoms of Medical and Health Physics
Devices for Research and Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
The purpose and subject of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of all types of phantoms used in medical imaging, therapy, nuclear medicine and health physics. For ionizing radiation, dosimetry with respect to issues of material composition, shape, and motion/position effects are all highlighted....
by Marcos d’Ávila Nunes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This brief provides an in-depth overview of the physics of hadron therapy, ranging from the history to the latest contributions to the subject. It covers the mechanisms of protons and carbon ions at the molecular level (DNA breaks and proteins 53BP1 and RPA), the physics and mathematics of accelerators...