Kapak Resmi

From Radio-phobia to Radio-euphoria Low Radiation Doses: Safe, Useful, and Necessary /

This book gives a detailed discussion of the initial enthusiasm triggered by the discovery of x-rays and radioactive radiation which later turned into fear and repulsion in a significant part of the global population up to the 21st century. After a historical review, the author discusses the effect...

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Yazar: Obodovskiy, Ilya (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: Elektronik Ekitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edisyon:1st ed. 2023.
Seri Bilgileri:Popular Science,
Konular:
Nuclear physics.
Medical physics.
Security systems.
Radiology.
Nuclear Physics.
Medical Physics.
Security Science and Technology.
Online Erişim:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42645-2
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İçindekiler:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The world in the era of great discoveries – X-rays and radioactivity
  • Chapter 2. X-ray mania
  • Chapter 3. Radio-euphoria
  • Chapter 4. From radio-euphoria to radio-phobia
  • Chapter 5. The effect of radiation on a living organism, view from outside
  • Chapter 6. The effect of radiation on a living organism, view from inside
  • Chapter 7. Safety of low radiation doses
  • Chapter 8. The usefulness of low radiation doses. Hormesis
  • Chapter 9. Special kind of hormesis – Radon and radon therapy
  • Chapter 10. The necessity of low radiation doses. Experiments in underground laboratories
  • Chapter 11. What is more dangerous, what is more terrible?
  • Conclusion. It's high time to move back: from radio-phobia to radio-euphoria
  • Appendix
  • List of recommended literature.

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