radiation

Examines the science of matter, energy, and heat and how they apply to everyday life.

An exploration of radioactivity that discusses its occurrence in nature; nuclear energy; nuclear weapons and terrorism; how it is used in the hospital, laboratory, supermarket, and at home; experiments; and other related topics.

Curious readers will be fascinated by real images from these different kinds of scans and by illustrations that help explain complicated concepts, such as the electromagnetic spectrum.

"This book explores cancer and how people diagnosed with the disease manage it. It examines how cancer affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available"--Amazon.

"Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity in Coney Island . . . Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted"--OCLC.

A book about the possibility of colonizing other planets which includes practical and ethical concerns, as well as the work towards this goal that has already been completed.

Describes discoveries about the properties of light throughout history, from Euclid's studies of reflection and refraction in ancient Greece to the invention of lasers by American physicist Charles Hard Townes in the 1960s.

Discusses how radioactive contamination happens and the risk it poses to health.

Describes what radiation is, its sources and uses, and the dangers of radiation exposure from nuclear bombs and power plant leaks.

Simplified explanations and dynamic images of complex scientific concepts such as dark energy, dark matter, and the cosmic microwave background.