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  • Environmental Monitoring with Arduino

    Building Simple Devices to Collect Data About the World Around Us

    by Emily Gertz, Patrick Di Justo ...
    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 inspiring guide shows you how to use Arduino to create gadgets for measuring noise, weather, ... Read more

    4,12 €

  • Food Irradiation Technologies

    Concepts, Applications and Outcomes

    Edited by Isabel C F R Ferreira, Amilcar L Antonio, Sandra Cabo Verde ...
    Food preservation by irradiation is gaining recognition as a technology that is more environmentally benign than other current processes such as post-harvest chemical fumigation, it has less impact on thermally sensitive compounds than thermal decontamination technologies such as hot water or steam, and the technology is more accessible and cheaper. As the technical and economic feasibility, as ... Read more

    201,28 €

  • Nuclear Ghost

    Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone

    by Ryo Morimoto ...
    Series Book 56 - California Series in Public Anthropology
    "There is a nuclear ghost in Minamisōma." This is how one resident describes a mysterious experience following the 2011 nuclear fallout in coastal Fukushima. Investigating the nuclear ghost among the graying population, Ryo Morimoto encounters radiation’s shapeshifting effects. What happens if state authorities, scientific experts, and the public disagree about the extent and nature of the harm ... Read more

    24,58 €

  • Einstieg in das Universum: Das kleine Buch der Astronomie

    Urknall, Entstehung, Alter, Größe und Geheimnisse des Weltalls verstehen – Sterne und Planeten unseres Sonnensystems kennen lernen

    by Aaron Schmidt ...
    Einstieg in das Universum: Das kleine Buch der Astronomie Urknall, Entstehung, Alter, Größe und Geheimnisse des Weltalls verstehen – Sterne und Planeten unseres Sonnensystems kennen lernen Für unsere Begriffe – betrachtet von unserer kleinen Erde aus – wirkt das Universum unendlich. Millionen von Planeten, Sternen und Galaxien warten nur darauf, von uns erforscht zu werden. Dank der heutigen ... Read more

    4,99 €

  • Peggio il rischio Fukushima o il rischio Terrorismo?

    by Roberto Quaglia ...
    Qualcuno si è chiesto come mai sulle conseguenze della catastrofe che si sta consumando nelle centrali nucleari giapponesi le autorità cerchino di tranquillizzare le popolazioni, mentre quando si tratta dei pericoli del terrorismo e delle epidemie che ancora non ci sono fanno invece di tutto per spaventare i cittadini? Un saggio breve di Roberto Quaglia a spiegazione di questo inquietante fenomeno ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Can UFOs Advance Science?

    Making the Case for a New Electromagnetic Technology (U.S. English / eBook)

    by SUNRISE Information Services ...
    UFOs have been observed since antiquity and continue to be spotted to this day. While many can be explained under a range of natural and man-made phenomena, such as planets, stars, aircraft and weather balloons, a small hard-core percentage of UFOs providing considerable details of a strange symmetrical metallic and glowing object flying in the air has continued to mystify the scientists.In 1969, ... Read more

    7,83 €

  • MARIE CURIE

    The Biography, Life, and Legacy of the Mother of Modern Physics, Marie Curie

    by Karen M. Galindo ...
    The Biography, Life, and Legacy of the Mother of Modern Physics, Marie CurieIntroducing "Marie Curie: The Biography, Life, and Legacy of the Mother of Modern Physics, Marie Curie" by Karen M. Galindo – a captivating journey into the extraordinary life of a true trailblazer. Dive into the pages of this meticulously researched biography and discover the indomitable spirit of Marie Curie, an icon ... Read more

    6,36 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fundamentals of Radiation Biology

    by Susan B Klein, Marc S Mendonca ...
    Fundamentals of Radiation Biology presents a contemporary, comprehensive review of the interactions between ionizing radiations and biological materials, tracking the consequences to three inevitable endpoints: cell restitution, cell death, or cell transformation.The introductory narrative is followed by examination of larger scale phenomena including tissue responses to radiation injury, organ ... Read more

    63,91 €

  • Science Hacks

    by Colin Barras ...
    Series series Hacks
    With Science Hacks, you no longer need a PhD to understand the fascinating ideas behind science's greatest theories and discoveries. This latest addition to the ingenious new Hacks series will show you a technique for understanding and, crucially, remembering 100 of the most important and most interesting scientific theories from throughout the ages.On each topic, you'll start with a helicopter ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants

    by Paul Elkmann ...
    This book provides a history of emergency planning with respect to nuclear power plant accidents from the 1950’s to the 2000’s. It gives an overview of essential concepts that a working emergency planner should know, including brief overviews of the health physics and plant engineering that applies to emergency planning. Each chapter covers topics unique to radiological planning that distinguish ... Read more

    46,40 €

  • Radiation Protection Dosimetry

    A Radical Reappraisal

    by Jack A. Simmons, David E. Watt ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Background:Physicist Jack Simmons’ research led him to develop a new paradigm to quantify radiation effects. He questioned both the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU) and the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), which had established the definition and measurement of radiation dose on physical principles. Jack Simmons maintained that ... Read more

    72,05 €

  • Recherches sur les substances radioactives

    ( Edition intégrale ) illustré - annoté

    by Marie Curie ...
    Series series Oeuvres de Marie Curie
    Le présent travail a pour but d’exposer les recherches que je poursuis depuis plus de 4 ans sur les substances radioactives. J’ai commencé ces recherches par une étude du rayonnement uranique qui a été découvert par M. Becquerel. Les résultats auxquels ce travail me conduisit parurent ouvrir une voie si intéressante, qu’abandonnant ses travaux en train, M. Curie se joignit à moi, et nous réunîmes ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marie Curie: A Life

    by Susan Quinn ...
    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 czars, outspokenly committed to the cause of a free Poland, deeply in love with her husband Pierre but also, ... Read more

    11,82 €

  • A Brief Account of Radioactivity

    by Francis Preston Venable ...
    The object of this brief treatise is to give a simple account of the development of our knowledge of radio-activity and its bearing on chemical and physical science. Mathematical processes will be omitted, as it is sufficient to give the assured results from calculations which are likely to be beyond the training of the reader. ... Read more

    1,81 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Crossroads - Lest We Forget! An Eyewitness Account, Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests 1946

    by William L. McGee, Sandra V. McGee ...
    The Definitive Memoir of the 1946 Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini"While updating this atomic memoir for the 80th anniversary in July 2026, I had a sobering thought: likely few Crossroads participants were alive today. I'm proud to have played a small part in preserving this history few know about today."– Sandra V. McGee, co-author of Operation Crossroads, Lest We Forget!On 1 July 1946, the wor... ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • CRC Handbook of Radioanalytical ChemistryVolume 1

    by Juraj Tolgyessy, Erno Bujdoso ...
    Radioanalytical methods have become among the most important means for elemental analysis and the determination of chemical species Their extreme sensitivity has made them indispensable in a wide range of applications, including mineral analysis, medical and biophysical work, criminology, history, archaeology, and space research. This handbook combines theoretical and practical radioanalytical ... Read more

    628,98 €

  • Lectures On Classical Electrodynamics

    by Berthold-georg Englert ...
    These lecture notes cover classical electrodynamics at the level of advanced undergraduates or postgraduates. There is a strong emphasis on the general features of the electromagnetic field and, in particular, on the properties of electromagnetic radiation. It offers a comprehensive and detailed, as well as self-contained, account of material that can be covered in a one-semester course for ... Read more

    30,31 €

  • Handbook of Radiotherapy Planning

    Core Skills and Practical Considerations

    Edited by Minsun Kim, Mu-Han Lin ...
    Series series Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy
    The Handbook of Radiotherapy Planning covers essential concepts and practical considerations for achieving high-quality external beam radiotherapy plans. Edited by recognized experts and authored by highly skilled planners, this concise guide emphasizes plan quality as a critical clinical skill. It bridges the gap between standard reference materials and day-to-day clinical practice by providing ... Read more

    Was 256,48 € Now 230,82 €

  • Radiation and Health

    by Thormod Henriksen, David H. Maillie ...
    Radiation and the effects of radioactivity have been known for more than 100 years. International research spanning this period has yielded a great deal of information about radiation and its biological effects and this activity has resulted in the discovery of many applications in medicine and industry including cancer therapy, medical diagnostics ... Read more

    107,46 €

  • Benjamin Lax - Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT

    Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter

    Edited by Donald Stevenson, Marion Reine, Roshan L. Aggarwal ...
    This book covers the life and 60-year career of Prof. Benjamin Lax (1915-2015), a preeminent physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who played major roles in the development and applications of solid state and plasma physics.In an extensive series of autobiographical interviews, Lax describes the challenges he overcame, the opportunities he embraced, and the many outstanding ... Read more

    74,49 €

  • Atmospheric Processes and Systems

    by Russell D. Thompson ...
    Series series Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environmental Science
    Atmospheric Processes and Systems presents a concise introduction to the atmosphere and the fundamentals of weather. Examining different aspects of the mass, energy and circulation systems in the atmosphere, this text provides detailed accounts of specific phenomena, including* the composition and structure of the atmosphere* energy transfers* the cycle of atmospheric water in terms of evaporation ... Read more

    62,27 €

  • Pulse Radiolysis of Irradiated Systems

    by Yoneho Tabata ...
    Pulse Radiolysis presents an in-depth discussion of the pulse radiolysis technique, one of the most important and powerful means for detecting transient and relaxation phenomena and following their behavior in irradiated systems. The book covers the principle of pulse radiolysis, identifies various kinds of pulse radiolysis techniques, and discusses recent advancements in the field. The text also ... Read more

    977,05 €

  • Radiophobia

    Navigating the Fear of Radiation

    by Harper R. O'Malley ...
    Radiophobia: Navigating the Fear of Radiation is a groundbreaking, insightful, and deeply human exploration of one of the modern world’s most misunderstood fears, the fear of radiation. From the haunting legacy of nuclear disasters to the quiet anxiety surrounding medical scans and everyday exposure, this book offers a compassionate, factual, and empowering journey through the roots, realities, ... Read more

    3,49 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doom with a View

    Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant

    Edited by Kristen Iversen ...
    A gripping exploration of the dark legacy of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant and its enduring impact on public health and the environment.Doom with a View delves into the historical and cultural contexts of Rocky Flats, a notorious nuclear weapons site located near Denver, Colorado. This collection of essays uncovers the environmental catastrophes, political neglect, and community-wide ... Read more

    11,01 € or Free with Kobo Plus