radiation

Uranium is a source of vast energy for our world. Learning how this metal is mined, milled, enriched, and finally put to use is essential to understanding both the appealing and controversial nature of uranium. Science terms such as fission, atom, and radiation are introduced to readers in an easy-to-understand way in this book.

Cell phones have become indispensable for many people, but some experts say that heavy cell phone use is harmful to physical, social, and psychological well-being. This book examines various topics related to the ways in which cell phones can impact health.

This book traces our knowledge of light over time and in different cultures through biographical accounts and describes experiments and conclusions drawn from experiments.

Describes natural phenomena which are invisible to the naked eye, including infrared radiation, radio waves, and sound waves, and the systems which have been developed to detect them.

Teri Hein chronicles her childhood in the Palouse wheatlands of rural Washington during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on how her way of life and livelihood were threatened by progress.

Consists chiefly of papers from the First Congress of Internationl Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

After an electromagnetic pulse weapon destroys the United States' electrical grid, history professor John Matherson, a retired soldier, attempts to protect his family despite the breakdown of society and prevalence of starvation, disease, and roving gangs of barbarians.