Life Atomic
Subtitle: A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine
Series: Synthesis
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780226017945
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Nuclear medicine; Radioisotopes
First sentence: At the close of World War II, the nuclear detonations over Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrated the devastating power of the atom.
Table of contents: title: Contents
pagenum: vii; title: Preface
pagenum: ix; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: xiii; label: 1
title: Tracers
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Cyclotrons
pagenum: 24; label: 3
title: Reactors
pagenum: 60; label: 4
title: Embargo
pagenum: 107; label: 5
title: Dividends
pagenum: 143; label: 6
title: Sales
pagenum: 180; label: 7
title: Pathways
pagenum: 220; label: 8
title: Guinea Pigs
pagenum: 260; label: 9
title: Beams and Emanations
pagenum: 311; label: 10
title: Ecosystems
pagenum: 351; label: 11
title: Half-Lives
pagenum: 394; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 409; title: Index
pagenum: 461