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Plan for environmental radiation surveillance in North Carolina for ... by North Carolina.Environmental Radiation Surveillance Branch.(CARDINAL)217955; North Carolina.Nuclear Facilities & Environmental Radiation Surveillance Section.(CARDINAL)200588; North Carolina.Nuclear Facilities and Environmental Radiation Surveillance Branch.(CARDINAL)217956; North Carolina.Radiation Protection Branch.(CARDINAL)155569;
Report year changes to fiscal year ending June 30, with 1987/88 issue.
Subjects: Atmospheric radioactivity; Environmental monitoring; Radiation; Radioactive pollution;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 30
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Evaluation of airborne radon in state owned office buildings / by Aldrich, Lester Kyle.; Conners, Daniel Anthony.; North Carolina.Environmental Radiation Surveillance Program.;
Bibliography: leaf 18.
Subjects: Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.; Radiation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Conserving the atmosphere / by Baines, John D.(CARDINAL)774148;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46) and index.An introduction to the problems confronting the Earth's atmosphere, fossil fuels and their effects, the effect of chemicals on the ozone layer, radioactivity, and other forms of pollution and what can be done to stop the destruction of the atmosphere.
Subjects: Air quality management; Air; Atmosphere;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Doomsday men : the real Dr. Strangelove and the dream of the superweapon / by Smith, Peter D.(Peter Daniel),1965-(CARDINAL)421970;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 500-529) and index.Includes filmography: pages 529-530.This is the untold story of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. In 1950, Hungarian-born scientist Leo Szilard made a dramatic announcement on American radio: science was on the verge of creating a doomsday bomb, a huge cobalt-clad H-bomb that would pollute the atmosphere with radioactivity and end all life on earth. For the first time in history, mankind had within his grasp a truly godlike power, the ability to destroy life itself. The shockwave from this statement reverberated across the following decade and beyond--for many people there was now little to distinguish real scientists from that "fictional master of megadeath," Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. Indeed, as science historian Smith shows, the dream of the superweapon to end all war begins in popular culture--iconic films and fictions, from H.G. Wells forward--and the scientists responsible for these terrible weapons grew up in a culture dreaming of superweapons and Wellsian utopias.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Szilard, Leo.; Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954.; Atomic bomb; Scientists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Volcanoes / by Beckerman, Nell Cross,1973-author.(CARDINAL)839561; Chock, Kalen,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references."A rumble. A tremple. A grumble. Growing, growling, getting hot. When will it... POP?! Using evocative storytelling, Nell Cross Beckerman leads children on an adventure through the radioactive wonders that are volcanoes. From deep down on the ocean floor to extraterrestrial volcanoes, Beckerman guides readers with dramatic, poetic language. Nonfiction text on every page allows for deeper understanding of the topic. Illustrator Kalen Chock's stunning illustrations have been praised as "atmospheric" and "striking," and readers will be delighted as each new page brings a new surprise. Extensive backmatter includes an author's note, additional information on the types of volcanic eruptions and the questions volcanologists are trying to answer, and additional facts. An ideal choice for nature lovers, future explorers, and fans of Jason Chin and Kate Messner"--Ages 4-8.Grades K-1.
Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Picture books.; Volcanoes; Volcanic eruptions;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 34
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A measure of all things : the story of man and measurement / by Whitelaw, Ian,1953-(CARDINAL)544113;
Discusses the origins of standard units of measurement and how they have changed from ancient times to modern day, and describes systems of measurement, including the metric and Imperial systems and the Système International.
Subjects: Metrology; Units of measurement; Weights and measures;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The physics of history [videorecording] / by Helfand, D. J.(David J.),1950-speaker.(CARDINAL)756404; Teaching Company,production company,publisher.(CARDINAL)349444;
DVD format.pt. 1. Vast reaches of time and space -- Fundamentally, what's the world made of? -- Energy in the atomic world -- The atomic basis of the senses -- Radioactivity: nature's imperturbable clock -- From detecting forgeries to the First Art -- Watching plaster dry-and dating it -- We are what we eat: the history of diet -- A plant is what it eats: tracing agriculture -- Tree rings: seasons of the past 12,000 years -- Ice cores: climate records for 800 millennia -- Ocean sediments reveal 5 million years. pt. 2. A bad day in June: death of the dinosaurs -- The origin and early history of life -- The history of Earth's atmosphere -- The Age of the Solar System -- What happened before the Sun was born -- Atoms are star stuff: cooking up carbon -- The lives of big stars: cooking up big atoms -- Relativity: space and time become spacetime -- Almost everything is relative -- Matter vanishes; light speed is breached? -- The limits of vision-13.7 billion years ago -- The first few minutes: where it all began.An undergraduate course for nonscience majors that treats the atom as a tool for revealing the quantitative history of everything--from the human diet and works of art to Earth's climate and the universe.Taught by David J. Helfand.
Subjects: Educational films.; Science films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings.; Physics; Physics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Painless chemistry / by Chen, Loris.(CARDINAL)396397;
"This book covers the subject of chemistry as taught to students in middle-school, including topics such as Matter, the Periodic Table of Elements, Phases of Matter, Gas Laws, Mixtures, Molecules and Compounds, Chemical Reactions, Acids, Bases, and Salts, Nuclear Reactions, and Environmental Science. There are short quizzes throughout the book. Contains an index"--"Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects as they are taught on middle school and high school levels. These books are written for students who find the subjects unusually difficult and confusing--or in many cases, just plain boring. Barron's Painless Series authors' main goal is to clear up students' confusion and perk up their interest by emphasizing the intriguing and often exciting ways in which they can put each subject to practical use. Most of these books take a light-hearted approach to their subjects, often employing humor, and always presenting fun-learning exercises that include puzzles, games, and challenging "Brain Tickler" problems to solve. This title clarifies the logic of the Periodic Table, explores atomic theory, chemical bonding, the structure of molecules, and more"--
Subjects: Chemistry;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The cat in the box : a history of science in 100 experiments / by Gribbin, Mary,author.(CARDINAL)355168; Gribbin, John,1946-author.(CARDINAL)329803;
Includes bibliographical references (page 280) and index.The upward thrust of water -- Measuring the diameter of the Earth -- The eye as a pinhole camera -- Dissecting the human body -- Measuring the magnetic field of the Earth -- Measuring inertia -- Circulation of the blood -- Weighing the atmosphere -- Resisting the squeeze -- Revealing the microscopic world -- All the colors of the rainbow -- The speed of light is finite -- Vitamin at sea -- Conducting the lightning -- The heat of ice -- Steaming ahead -- Breathing plants and pure air -- Opening up the solar system -- Animal heat, but no animal magic -- Twitching frogs and electric piles -- Weighing the Earth -- Boring experiments on heat -- The first vaccine -- Feeling invisible light -- Cosmic rubble -- Flying high with hydrogen -- Light is a wave -- Discovering atoms -- Electrifying science -- Quantifying chemistry -- Thinking about the power of fire -- A random walk -- The magnetism of electricity -- The death of vitalism -- Making electricity -- An uplifting experience -- Blood heat -- Trumpeters on a train -- The speed of ice -- Absorbing radiant heat -- The leviathan of Parsonstown -- Controversy and controls -- From fire light to star light -- Prevention is better than cure -- Pinning down the speed of light -- Death to bacteria -- The flowering of evolution theory -- The benzene snake dance -- The monk and the peas -- The importance of nothing -- Feeling the squeeze -- The speed of light is constant -- Sparking radio into light -- Noble gases and a noble Lord -- The birth of biochemistry -- Enter the X-ray -- Enter the electron -- Radioactivity revealed -- Knocking electrons with light -- A Pavlovian response -- Journey to the center of the Earth -- Inside the atom -- A ruler for the universe -- The discovery of nucleic acids -- Evolution at work -- Something to brag about -- Light from the darkness -- Electron waves and quantum duality -- Taking the rough with the smooth -- An antibiotic breakthrough? -- Splitting th atom -- Making vitamin C -- Probing proteins -- Artificial radioactivity -- The cat in the box -- Fission gets heavy -- The first nuclear reactor -- The first programmable computer -- Discovering the role of DNA -- Jumping genes -- The Alpha helix -- Making the molecules of life -- Masers and lasers -- Magnetic stripes and sea-floor spreading -- Detecting the Ghost particle -- A vital vitamin -- The breathing planet -- The echo of the Big Bang -- Clocking into relativity -- Making waves in the universe -- The pacemaker of ice ages -- the world is non-local -- The ultimate quantum experiment -- The accelerating universe -- Mapping the human genome -- Fifteen equals three times five -- Making matter massive -- The composition of the universe -- Experiment 101."This book distills the history of science into 100 epic experiments that have fueled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. Everything in the scientific world view is based on experiment, including observations of phenomena predicted by theories and hypotheses, such as the bending of light as it goes past the Sun. As the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman said, "If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong." From the discovery of microscopic worlds and gravitational waves, to the weighing the Earth, to making electricity, this stunning book by renowned science writers John and Mary Gribbin tells the enlightening, fascinating, and somewhat oddball story of scientific innovation."--(WorldCAT).
Subjects: Science; Science; Technological innovations;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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Smart guide to chemistry / by Nordstrom, Brian.(CARDINAL)496457;
The nature of matter. The wonderful world of atoms and molecules ; A brief history of chemistry ; The language of science ; Elements and compounds ; Mixtures of substances ; Names and formulas of chemical compounds -- The transformations of matter. Chemical reactions ; Precipitations reactions ; Acids and bases ; Oxidation-reduction reactions ; Electrochemical processes ; Energy and chemical reactions, ; Radioactive processes and applications ; Nuclear reactions and applications -- The organization of matter. The periodic table of the elements ; Early models of the atom ; Modern models of the atom ; The periodic properties of elements -- The states of matter. The nature of the chemical bond ; Shapes of molecules ; The properties of gases ; Solutions and how we describe them ; Physical properties of solutions ; The chemistry of water -- Chemistry in the environment. Chemical kinetics ; The composition of the atmosphere ; The chemistry of acid rain ; The chemistry of ozone ; Global climate change -- The basis of life. The world of carbon ; The chemistry of life ; What's on your dining table? ; What's in your medicine cabinet?
Subjects: Chemistry.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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