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- Physics for future presidents : the science behind the headlines / by Muller, R.(Richard)(CARDINAL)749215;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-359) and index.Learn the science behind the headlines in this work that outlines the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming.- Subjects: Physics; Science and state.; Science in mass media.;
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- A field guide to radiation / by Biddle, Wayne.(CARDINAL)516555;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Absorbed dose -- Actinium-225, -227 -- Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) -- Alpha particles -- Americium-241, -244 -- Antimony-122, -124, -125, -126, -127 -- Argon-37 -- Background radiation -- Barium-133, -137, -140 -- Becquerel -- Beryllium-7, -10 -- Beta particles -- Bismuth-205, -210, -212, -213, -214 -- Boron, Cadmium -- Bromine-77 -- Calcium-45, -47 -- Californium-252 -- Carbon-11, -14 -- Cell phones -- Cerium-141, -144 -- Cesium-134, -135, -136, -137 -- Chromium-51 -- Cobalt-57, -58, -60 -- Containment -- Cosmic rays -- Critical mass -- Curie -- Curium-242, -243, -244 -- Decay product -- Dosimeter -- Effective dose -- Enriched uranium -- Equivalent dose -- Exposure -- Fallout -- Fission/fusion -- Francium-223 -- Gamma rays -- Geiger counter -- Gray -- Half-life -- Iodine-123,m -124, -125, -131 -- Iridium-192 -- Iron-55, -59 -- Krypton-81, -85 -- Lanthanum-140 -- Lead-210, -212, -214 -- Linear no-threshold (LNT) -- Medical radiation -- Molybdenum-99 -- Neptunium-237, -239 -- Neutrons -- Nickel-59, -63 -- Niobium-95 -- Occupational radiation -- Plutonium-238, -239, -240, -241, -242, -244 -- Polonium-210, -214, -218 -- Potassium-40 -- Praseodymium-144 -- Proactinium-231 -- Radioactive waste -- Radioisotope, radionuclide -- Radium-223, -224, -226, -228 -- Radon -- Rubidium-82, -85, -87 -- Ruthenium-103, -106 -- Scandium-46, -47 -- Selenium-79 -- Sievert -- Silver-108M, -110M -- Sodium-22, -24 -- Strontium-89, -90 -- Sulfur-35 -- Technetium-99M -- Tellurium-129, -132 -- Thallium-201 -- Thorium-231, -232 -- Tritium -- Uranium-235, -235, -238 -- Xenon-133, -135 -- X-rays -- Yttrium-90, -91 -- Zinc-65 -- Zirconium-93, -95.- Subjects: Radiation.; Radioisotopes.; Radioactive substances.;
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- Dastardly & Muttley / by Ennis, Garth,author.(CARDINAL)385979; Mauricet,artist.(CARDINAL)806398; Kalisz, John,colourist.(CARDINAL)344121; Steen, Rob,1964-letterer.(CARDINAL)467307;
"Comics author Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Punisher) teams with acclaimed artist Mauricet (Harley Quinn) for an all-new adventure showcasing the classic Hanna-Barbera heavies as you've never seen them before! In the rogue state of Unliklistan, a cutting-edge nuclear power plant is about to go on-line--but it turns out that the ultra-rare element unstabilium is a bad choice for reactor fuel. In the ensuing explosion, exotic isotopes are loosed upon an unsuspecting world--and the results are cartoonishly catastrophic! Spread by a mysteriously unstoppable Predator drone, the farcical fallout is turning men into beasts, beasts into men and the President of the United States into a raving lunatic! Only two men--persons--whatevers stand in the way of total global meltdown: Lieutenant Colonel Richard "Dick" Atcherly and Captain Dudley "Mutt" Muller! These fearless, feckless, 50 percent furry fighter pilots must take to the skies in their flying machines to stop the rogue Predator's radioactive cargo from destroying civilization as we collectively pretend to know it!"--- Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.;
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- Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed / by Pasternak, Judy,1956-(CARDINAL)500123;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Łeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple."Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2.- Subjects: Biographies.; Navajo Indians; Navajo Indians; Navajo Indians; Radiation; Uranium mines and mining; Uranium mines and mining;
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- A time for patriots / by Brown, Dale,1956-(CARDINAL)351669;
When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United States and attacking government agencies, it will take a dedicated group of the nation's finest and toughest civilian airmen to put an end to the homegrown insurgency. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan vows to take to the skies to join the fight, but when his son, Bradley, also signs up, they find themselves caught in a deadly game against a shadowy opponent. When the stock markets crash and the U.S. economy falls into a crippling recession, everything changes for newly elected president Kenneth Phoenix. Politically exhausted from a bruising and divisive election, Phoenix must order a series of massive tax cuts and wipe out entire cabinet-level departments to reduce government spending. With reductions in education and transportation, an incapacitated National Guard, and the loss of public safety budgets, entire communities of armed citizens band together for survival and mutual protection. Against this dismal backdrop, a SWAT team is ambushed and radioactive materials are stolen by a group calling themselves the Knights of the True Republic. Is the battle against the government about to be taken to a new and deadlier level? In this time of crisis, a citizen organization rises to the task of protecting their fellow countrymen: the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the U.S. Air Force auxiliary. The Nevada Wing - led by retired Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick McLanahan, his son, Bradley, and other volunteers - uses their military skills in the sky and on the ground to hunt down violent terrorists. But how will Patrick respond when extremists launch a catastrophic dirty bomb attack in Reno, spreading radiological fallout for miles? And when Bradley is caught in a deadly double-cross that jeopardizes the CAP, Patrick will have to fight to find out where his friends' loyalties lie: Are they with him and the CAP or with the terrorists?- Subjects: Fiction.; McLanahan, Patrick (Fictitious character); Air pilots, Military; Terrorists;
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- On the beach [videorecording]/ by Assante, Armand,1949-actor.; Ward, Rachel,1957-actor.; Brown, Bryan,1947-actor.; McKenzie, Jacqueline,1967-actor.;
Director of photography, Martin McGrath ; editor, Mark Perry; music composer, Christopher Gordon ; costume designer, Anna Borghesi ; production designer, Roger Ford.Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie.Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere. Australia is the only civilized area spared from destruction. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise."Not rated - Adult situations, violence, profanity."DVD- Subjects: DVDs; Nuclear warfare; Nuclear warfare in motion pictures.;
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