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Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know
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Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know Hardcover - 2013 - 1st Edition

by Gale, Robert Peter; Lax, Eric

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  • Title Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know
  • Author Gale, Robert Peter; Lax, Eric
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf, New York
  • Date 2013-01-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0307959694
  • ISBN 9780307959690 / 0307959694
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 6.02 x 1.06 in (21.59 x 15.29 x 2.69 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Environmental health, Radiation
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012028975
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.179

From the publisher

Robert Peter Gale, a scientist and physician, is presently Visiting Professor of Haematology at Imperial College London.  His career has focused on the biology and therapy of bone marrow and blood cancers, especially leukemias. He is the author of twenty-two medical books, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal. For the last thirty years, he has led or been involved in the global medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents, including those in Fukushima and Chernobyl. He lives in Los Angeles.
 
Eric Lax’s books include Life and Death on Ten West, an account of the UCLA bone marrow transplantation unit, and Woody Allen: A Biography, each a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat, about the development of penicillin, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. He lives in Los Angeles.

Media reviews

“Eric Lax [and Robert] Gale weigh up the risks and benefits of industrial, medical and natural radiation clearly, logically and with ample science. But it is Gale’s phenomenal frontline experience that gives this book edge.”
            —Nature

“[Lax and] Gale’s is an invaluable guide for negotiating an increasingly radioactive world—for scientists, patients of radiation-related medical procedures, and environmentalists alike.”
            -Publishers Weekly

“Gale and Lax objectively present the danger and value of radioactivity. In content and writing, Radiation absolutely glows.”
            -Booklist

“A well-written extension of the reach of reason in an area fraught with phobia and hysteria.”
            -Kirkus Reviews

“Gale and Lax aim to fill in the gaps in the public understanding of all things nuclear, and they are adept at doing so. Throughout the book they present a host of interesting facts and figures in humorous and accessible prose.”
            -New Scientist

“Everyone needs to read this book; it’s compact, easy to understand, rife with interesting revelations, and it cuts through a great deal of the noise surrounding the subject [of radiation].”
            —Jewish Journal

About the author

Robert Peter Gale, a scientist and physician, is presently Visiting Professor of Haematology at Imperial College London. His career has focused on the biology and therapy of bone marrow and blood cancers, especially leukemias. He is the author of twenty-two medical books, and his articles have appeared in "The New York Times," the" Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today," and" The Wall Street Journal. "For the last thirty years, he has led or been involved in the global medical response to nuclear and radiation accidents, including those in Fukushima and Chernobyl. He lives in Los Angeles.
Eric Lax's books include "Life and Death on Ten West," an account of the UCLA bone marrow transplantation unit, and "Woody Allen: A Biography," each a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. "The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat," about the development of penicillin, was a "Los Angeles Times "Best Book of the Year. He lives in Los Angeles.

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