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“alan perkins”

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  • Life and Death Rays

    Radioactive Poisoning and Radiation Exposure

    by Alan Perkins ...
    This unique book provides an accessible introduction to both the scientific background and the key people involved in the discovery and use of radiation and radioactivity. It begins by providing a short history of radiation exposures and radiation poisoning; from the early inappropriate use of X-rays and radium cures through the misadventures of the Manhattan Project and the Chernobyl disaster, to ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • No Rose of Thorns

    by Alan Perkins ...
    No Rose of Thorns is a coming-of-age collection, written in small Kansas towns from 1998-2007. It exposes the life of a teenager suffering from a head injury as he grows into adulthood. The author reveals his world through rhythm and word. Using self-analysis and exposure of inner weaknesses, he dives frequently into the depths of depression. Alan is consumed with love and loss, trying to accept ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Radiation

    What It Is, What You Need to Know

    by Robert Peter Gale, Eric Lax ...
    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 ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Please Explain

    by Karl Kruszelnicki ...
    Australia's favourite scientist's twenty-sixth book!'What are the facts? Again and again and again - what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking ... avoid opinion ... facts are your single clue. Get the facts!'- time Enough for Love, Robert Heinlein Does eating celery make you lighter? Do you have to be dying to have a near-death experience? Is a yawn a silent, natural scream for air; and if a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • What's Gotten Into You

    The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner

    by Dan Levitt ...
    For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • From Hiroshima to Fukushima to You

    A Primer on Radiation and Health

    by Dale Dewar, Florian Oelck ...
    The bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, brought radiation to international attention but the exact nature of what had been unleashed was still unclear to most. The 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear plant again made headlines with estimates of fatalities ranging from 4000 to almost a million deaths. By the time of the shocking 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant social media meant ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Claudio Tuniz ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and important applications in science, medicine, industry, and energy production. But it remains much ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A comprehensive guide to principles of MAGNET THERAPY

    by Dr Poonam Jain ...
    "The source of all life is energy, and the harmonious flow of energy is essential to maintain a balance in the human body. Magnet therapy is a discipline that seeks to exploit the magnetic energy present in the universe in order to treat bodily ailments and restore physical and mental equilibrium. This book presents the basic principles underlying magnet therapy in a clear and concise manner. It ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Chemistry Book

    by DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
    Learn about elements, molecules and compounds in The Chemistry Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Chemistry in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Chemistry Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Crisis Without End

    The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Catastrophe

    Edited by Helen Caldicott ...
    Expert essays provide the first comprehensive analysis of the long-term health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident.On the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts were brought together at the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine by Helen Caldicott, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scientists Who Changed History

    by DK ...
    Series series DK People Who Changed History
    Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book.The second title in DK's new illustrated biography series, Scientists Who Changed History profiles trailblazing individuals from Greek mathematicians, such as Archimedes and Hipparchus, through physicists of the early 20th ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Miracle of Man

    by Michael Denton ...
    For years, leading scientists and science popularizers have insisted humans are nothing special in the cosmic scheme of things. In this important and provocative new book, renowned biologist Michael Denton argues otherwise. According to Denton, the cosmos is stunningly fit not just for cellular life, not just for carbon-based animal life, and not even just for air-breathing animals, but especially ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus