Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection, 2nd Edition

By James E. Turner

Book Overview

This thoroughly updated and expanded edition features two new chapters on statistics for health physics and on environmental radioactivity, particularly concerning radon and radon daughters. Fresh material includes: a derivation of the stopping-power formula for heavy charged particles in the impulse approximation, a detailed discussion of beta-particle track structure and penetration in matter, an extensive description of the various interaction coefficients for photons, several new worked examples and additional end-of-chapter problems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471595810
• ISBN13: 9780471595816
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 1.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

fast service..

great service..im in south korea..i orderd on 30 april new paper back estimate delivery date was 30 june to 1 july however i got it on 15th may.. i already have another nuclear book that i don't quite like i haven't read anything..i will in the few next days and comaper it to the other book i have i'll write what i think withen 3~4 weeks

A must have

This is a must have book if you work in the Health Physics world! RIP Jim Turner.

Radiation

This book was most useful to me in calculating dose, it has a good breadth of the subject matter and will purchase my own copy...currently using advisor's copy.