Radiation category: 95 books
Cobalt Blues
The Story of Leonard Grimmett, the Man Behind the First Cobalt-60 Unit in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
For the last half of the 20th century cobalt-60 units were the mainstay of radiation treatments for cancer. This book describes the development of the first cobalt -60 unit in the United States and the man behind it, Leonard Grimmett. Conceptually conceived before World War II it only became possible...
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I
The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
"The whole thing was basically an experiment," Richard Feynman said late in his career, looking back on the origins of his lectures. The experiment turned out to be hugely successful, spawning publications that have remained definitive and introductory to physics for decades. Ranging from...
The Manhattan Project
A very brief introduction to the physics of nuclear weapons
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
The development of nuclear weapons by the Manhattan Project during World War II was one of the most dramatic scientific/technological episodes in human history. This book, prepared by a recognized expert on the Manhattan Project, offers a concise survey of the essential physics concepts underlying...
Fallout
Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
An investigation into our complicated 8-decade-long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste.
From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal radioactive waste, humanity’s struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with...
Graphene Optics
Electromagnetic solution of canonical problems
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This book is a rigorous but concise macroscopic description of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and structures containing graphene sheets (two-dimensional structures). It presents canonical problems with translational invariant geometries, in which the solution of the original vectorial...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
This book collates past and current research on one of the most promising emerging modalities for breast cancer detection. Readers will discover how, as a standalone technology or in conjunction with another modality, microwave imaging has the potential to provide reliable, safe and comfortable breast...
Macroscopic Electrodynamics
An Introductory Graduate Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
“Macroscopic Electrodynamics” is a comprehensive two-semester introductory graduate-level textbook on classical electrodynamics for use in physics and engineering programs. The word “macroscopic” is intended to indicate both the large-scale nature of the theory, as well as the fact that emphasis...
by Rhythm Prism
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Marie Curie was one of the most remarkable scientists of the modern age. She trail blazed in atomic science, in education and in applying radiation to medical uses. She was intelligent, determined, ethical and unassuming. Her contributions to the study of radioactivity laid the groundwork for a generation...
Protontherapy Versus Carbon Ion Therapy
Advantages, Disadvantages and Similarities
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
This book presents a comparison analysis of two cancer treatment therapies: carbon ion therapy and protontherapy. It is divided in 5 sections. The first ones gives the reader a brief history of Radiotherapy and types of radiation. In the second section, the techniques and equipments, including new...
by Susan Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Marie Curie: A Life by Susan Quinn (190,000 words and 41 photographs)
Marie Curie was long idealized as a selfless and dedicated scientist, not entirely of this world. But Quinn's Marie Curie is, on the contrary, a woman of passion — born in Warsaw under the repressive regime of the Russian...
Atmospheric Monitoring with Arduino
Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Makers around the globe are building low-cost devices to monitor the environment, and with this hands-on guide, so can you. Through succinct tutorials, illustrations, and clear step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn how to create gadgets for examining the quality of our atmosphere, using Arduino...
by George King
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
The Atomic Mission Just as we have atomic mishaps on the physical realm, so the lower astral realms, or “hells”, have had even greater atomic disasters. Read how great Spiritual Beings on this planet had to clean up a mutated semi-sentient atomic wasteland that was developing into a potentially disastrous threat, not only to the hells but also the other realms.
by Owen Cotton
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Our Star, the Sun, whilst only a small star compared to some, is essential for life upon Earth.
Despite all of the technologies that are available to us, many questions remain. Those that have been answered include:
What is the Sun made of?
How does the Sun generate its...
Fukushima
What You Need to Know
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Fukushima: What You Need to Know is a concise but comprehensive guide to the disaster at Fukushima and its ongoing consequences. Presenting a solution-based approach, Mark Heley details the current problems and future potential risks and offers balanced information about what we can do about them.
The...