| Permissible Dose: A History of Radiation Protection in the Twentieth Century Contributor(s): Walker, J. Samuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520223284 ISBN-13: 9780520223288 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $62.37 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: "A crisp and compelling assessment of the issues surrounding radiation protection. . . . Walker has a remarkable ability to make complicated issues clear and easy to understand. "--Allan M. Winkler, author of "Life under a Cloud" "This concise and readable guide to the historical development of radiation protection standards by the federal government is exceptionally even-handed in discussing often controversial issues."--Barton C. Hacker, author of "Elements of Controversy" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Radiation |
| Dewey: 363.179 |
| LCCN: 00023398 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.31" W x 9.35" (0.99 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How much radiation is too much? J. Samuel Walker examines the evolution, over more than a hundred years, of radiation protection standards and efforts to ensure radiation safety for nuclear workers and for the general public. The risks of radiation-caused by fallout from nuclear bomb testing, exposure from medical or manufacturing procedures, effluents from nuclear power, or radioactivity from other sources-have aroused more sustained controversy and public fear than any other comparable industrial or environmental hazard. Walker clarifies the entire radiation debate, showing that permissible dose levels are a key to the principles and practices that have prevailed in the field of radiation protection since the 1930s, and to their highly charged political and scientific history as well. |