Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction

by Claudio Tuniz

Book Overview

You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and important applications in science, medicine, industry, and energy production. But it remains much misunderstood - and feared, perhaps because nuclear radiation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199692424
• ISBN13: 9780199692422
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"