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Radiation

What It Is, What You Need to Know

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Radiation

By: Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax
Narrated by: Robert Fass
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The essential guide to radiation: the good, the bad, and the utterly fascinating, explained with unprecedented clarity.

Earth, born in a nuclear explosion, is a radioactive planet; without radiation, life would not exist. And while radiation can be dangerous, it is also deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. Now Robert Peter Gale, M.D. - the doctor to whom concerned governments turned in the wake of the Chernobyl and Fukushima - in collaboration with medical writer Eric Lax draws on an exceptional depth of knowledge to correct myths and establish facts.

Exploring what have become trigger words for anxiety - nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, uranium, plutonium, iodine-131, mammogram, X-ray, CT scan, threats to the food chain - the authors demystify the science and dangers of radiation, and examine its myriad benefits, from safely sterilizing our food to the relatively low-risk fuel alternative of nuclear energy. This is the book for all listeners who have asked themselves questions such as: What kinds of radiation, and what degree of exposure, cause cancer? What aftereffects have nuclear accidents and bombs had? Does radiation increase the likelihood of birth defects? And how does radiation work?

Hugely illuminating, Radiation is the definitive road map to our post-Chernobyl, post-Fukushima world.

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©2013 Robert Peter Gale and Eric Lax (P)2013 Random House Audio
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Critic Reviews

"[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)

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Interesting Book on Radiation Facts

I found it an interesting listen, coming from someone who isnt a science major yet didnt get lost in the scientific factual points. It was kept at a decent level of understanding, probably like reading a through Time magazine style article, that is, an average reader could still grasp the concepts when going in to deep discussion on types of medical radiation or the different types of nuclear bombs and their differing effects. Some of the incidences were absolutely fascinating such as when people had accidentally put radiated material in concrete slabs or thought the blue glowing powder was something from God so they would eat it or rub it on their body to perhaps a deadly consequence.

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highly recommended

If you are like me - not that fond of reading I found this a good, well balanced and fairly non technical easy to listen to audio book. Easy to multitask too and still absorb

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