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14%OFFJacob Shapiro - Radiation Protection - 9780674007406 - V9780674007406
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Radiation Protection

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Description for Radiation Protection Hardcover. This is a definitive guide to the safe use of radioactive materials. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition covers of nonionising radiation, and is thus concerned with the entire field of radiation protection. Num Pages: 688 pages, 3 halftones, 93 line illustrations, 81 tables. BIC Classification: MMPH; PDD; PDN; PNRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 212 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1602.
This highly successful manual has served for nearly three decades as the definitive guide to the safe use of radioactive materials. Completely revised and updated, the fourth edition presents a new dimension by adding coverage of nonionizing radiation, and is thus concerned with the entire field of radiation protection. The author takes the novel approach of introducing the whole range of energies possessed by particles and electromagnetic waves at the beginning of the text, thus integrating coverage of ionizing and nonionizing radiation rather than considering them as two separate disciplines. He goes on to cover the ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007406
SKU
V9780674007406
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About Jacob Shapiro
Jacob Shapiro is former Director of the University Radiation Protection Program and Senior Scientist in the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Harvard University. He is also Lecturer on Biophysics in Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Reviews for Radiation Protection
Jacob Shapiro's well-known and successful text has been completely revised and updated in this fourth edition, expanding on the principles and practices of radiation protection and using updated ICRP quantities and concepts...Coverage of the entire spectrum of radiation protection makes this volume an important training and reference manual for a wide range of disciplines using radiation in science, medicine, academia, ... Read more

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