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Multiple Exposures : Chronicles of the Radiation Age
Multiple Exposures Chronicles of the Radiation Age Author:Catherine Caufield "Catherine Caufield has written an important book on an important topic: — the history behind the safety standards limiting the effects of high energy — radiation on human beings. . . . Provides an immense amount of information — in a very readable form."--W. Alan Runciman, Prometheus — "From fallout and radon to radioactive smoke detectors a... more »nd dental X-rays,
Caufield traces the proliferation of the uses of radiation in medicine,
industry and the military, and in generating energy. An intelligent,