Author: Lauriston Sale Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
X-ray Measurements and Protection, 1913-1964
Author: Lauriston Sale Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
X-RAY MEASUREMENTS AND PROTECTION 1913 1964
X-RAY MEASUREMENTS AND PROTECTION 1913-1964
X-ray Measurements and Protection, 1913-1964
Author: Lauriston Sale Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ionizing radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
X-Ray Measurements and Protection, 1913-1964
Author: Lauriston Sale Taylor
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260761019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Excerpt from X-Ray Measurements and Protection, 1913-1964: The Role of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Radiological Organizations This book is an account of how Government and non-government organizations have worked together. It is a fairly good example of the patterns that apply to problem areas other than ionizing radiation, except that today there seems to be less mutual trust between the two; and, by the public, less trust in either. Attention will be directed to some of the changes and differences between Government laboratory operations under which the current generation chafes and those under which my generation thought they were chafing. Indeed the present generation of laboratory workers will note an almost unbelievable contrast between the research operations during the simple life of a half century ago and the more complicated ways of today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260761019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Excerpt from X-Ray Measurements and Protection, 1913-1964: The Role of the National Bureau of Standards and the National Radiological Organizations This book is an account of how Government and non-government organizations have worked together. It is a fairly good example of the patterns that apply to problem areas other than ionizing radiation, except that today there seems to be less mutual trust between the two; and, by the public, less trust in either. Attention will be directed to some of the changes and differences between Government laboratory operations under which the current generation chafes and those under which my generation thought they were chafing. Indeed the present generation of laboratory workers will note an almost unbelievable contrast between the research operations during the simple life of a half century ago and the more complicated ways of today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
NIST Special Publication
Author:
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Publisher:
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Inevitably Toxic
Author: Brinda Sarathy
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 082298623X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Not a day goes by that humans aren’t exposed to toxins in our environment—be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren’t marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces' substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxic consider the exposure of bodies in the United States, Canada and Japan to radiation, industrial waste, and pesticides. Research shows that appeals to uncertainty have led to social inaction even when evidence, e.g. the link between carbon emissions and global warming, stares us in the face. In some cases, influential scientists, engineers and doctors have deliberately "manufactured doubt" and uncertainty but as the essays in this collection show, there is often no deliberate deception. We tend to think that if we can’t see contamination and experts deem it safe, then we are okay. Yet, having knowledge about the uncertainty behind expert claims can awaken us from a false sense of security and alert us to decisions and practices that may in fact cause harm. In the epilogue, Hamilton and Sarathy interview Peter Galison, a prominent historian of science whose recent work explores the complex challenge of long term nuclear waste storage.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 082298623X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Not a day goes by that humans aren’t exposed to toxins in our environment—be it at home, in the car, or workplace. But what about those toxic places and items that aren’t marked? Why are we warned about some toxic spaces' substances and not others? The essays in Inevitably Toxic consider the exposure of bodies in the United States, Canada and Japan to radiation, industrial waste, and pesticides. Research shows that appeals to uncertainty have led to social inaction even when evidence, e.g. the link between carbon emissions and global warming, stares us in the face. In some cases, influential scientists, engineers and doctors have deliberately "manufactured doubt" and uncertainty but as the essays in this collection show, there is often no deliberate deception. We tend to think that if we can’t see contamination and experts deem it safe, then we are okay. Yet, having knowledge about the uncertainty behind expert claims can awaken us from a false sense of security and alert us to decisions and practices that may in fact cause harm. In the epilogue, Hamilton and Sarathy interview Peter Galison, a prominent historian of science whose recent work explores the complex challenge of long term nuclear waste storage.
Energy Research Abstracts
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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