Life Atomic
A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine
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Author
Publication
2013 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA
Language
English
Word Count
122,250 words, Guess
Page Count
489 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780226017945
- ISBN-10022601794X
- Better World Books9780226017945
- Open LibraryOL38027463M
Classifications
- DDC660'.2988409—DC23
- LCCQC798.A1C743 2013
Description
A history of radioisotope development and use in America from Berkeley cyclotrons in the 1930s to the death of the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1970s.
First Sentence
At the close of World War II, the nuclear detonations over Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrated the devastating power of the atom.
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Series Statement
- Synthesis
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