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Radioactivity / by Karam, P. Andrew.(CARDINAL)483849; Stein, Ben P.(CARDINAL)493133;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-117) and index.Radiation basics -- Radiation in nature -- Radiation and health -- Nuclear energy -- The dark side of radiation -- Radiation in the environment -- The bright side of radiation -- Experiments with radiation -- What have we learned?"Radioactivity" explains the science behind radiation, from the radiation in the body to the radiation in the environment; how radiation can create energy and cause destruction; and how it saves lives every day.
Subjects: Radioactivity; Radiation;
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Radioactivity : a history of a mysterious science / by Malley, Marjorie Caroline,1941-(CARDINAL)778320;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and indexes.A new science. The beginnings. The setting ; Rays and radiation ; Becquerel's discovery -- The Curies. Maria Skłodowska ; A consequential meeting ; New elements! -- Rutherford, Soddy, particles, and alchemy? Rutherford and the rays ; Where did the energy come from? ; Material rays? Discovery of the beta particle ; Thorium's rays ; Vanishing radioactivity ; Transmutation! ; A missed discovery ; Reactions ; Atomic energy? ; Tragedy ; More rays ; The alpha particle -- The radioactive Earth. The prospectors ; How old is the earth? ; A new property of matter? -- Speculations. Early theories ; Radioactivity and probability ; Kinetic models of the atom -- Radioactivity and chemistry. The rise of radiochemistry ; Radioactive genealogy ; Chemistry of the imponderable ; Inseparable radioelements ; Isotopes ; Displacement laws ; The end of the lines ; More isotopes -- Inside the atom. Building blocks ; Bombarding atoms ; The nuclear atom ; The nucleus and the periodic table ; The gamma rays ; Theories of the nucleus -- Sequel. War! ; Radioactivity during World War I ; From radioactivity to nuclear and particle physics -- Measuring and using radioactivity. Methods and instruments. Crucial choices ; Standardizing the measures ; Innovations ; Size, money, and machines -- Radioactivity, medicine, and life. Unpleasant surprises ; From burns to treatments ; Rays and other organisms ; Miracle cure? ; Radioactive spas ; Dangers in the laboratory -- New industries. Early industry ; Soaring demand and new institutions ; Paint that glowed in the dark ; A new poison ; Fission, bombs, and the uranium rush ; Radioactivity and the oil industry -- Beyond the story. Radioactivity's prime movers. Technology, resources, and professional changes ; Individuals ; Research groups ; Scientific ideals and culture ; Mentors and models ; Age, attitudes, and ambition ; Nationalism -- Radioactivity and timeless questions : the quest for understanding. Models and theories for radioactivity ; Patterns in radioactivity's development ; Radioactivity and ideas about change ; Radioactivity and ideas about matter and energy ; Radioactivity and ideas about continuity and discontinuity ; Eternal conundrums -- The imaginative appeal of a discovery. Mythological and romantic dimensions of radioactivity ; An ongoing task.
Subjects: Radioactivity.;
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Radioactive / by Benjamin, Paul,1970-author.(CARDINAL)490327; Nakayama, David,author.(CARDINAL)490248;
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Subjects: Fiction.; Graphic novels.;
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Radioactive / by Acton, Vanessa,author.(CARDINAL)803015;
"Trouble hits paradise when accidents start befalling tourists on a Pacific island. Local legend has it that the locale is cursed after nuclear testing in the 1950s. It sounds like fiction, but is it?"--2.0.5-8500Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Islands.; Blessing and cursing; Islands; Blessing and cursing;
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Radioactive / by Benjamin, Paul,1970-(CARDINAL)490327; Nakayama, David,illustrator.(CARDINAL)490248;
What do you do when you're a gamma irradiated monster on the run from the authorities? Road trip! Bruce Banner hits the open highway with his best buddies, Rick Jones, Monkey, and Radioactive Man.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Hulk (Fictitious character); Caricatures and cartoons; Comic books, strips, etc.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 6
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Radioactive : Marie & Pierre Curie, a tale of love & fallout / by Redniss, Lauren,author.(CARDINAL)551854;
Includes bibliographical references.Symmetry -- Magnetism -- Fusion -- White flash -- Instability of matter -- Half-life -- Isolation -- Exposure -- Daughter elements.Presents the professional and private lives of Marie and Pierre Curie, examining their personal struggles, the advancements they made in the world of science, and the issue of radiation in the modern world.
Subjects: Biographies.; Curie, Marie, 1867-1934.; Curie, Pierre, 1859-1906.; Women chemists; Chemists; Radioactivity.;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Radioactive! : how Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world / by Conkling, Winifred,author.(CARDINAL)352643;
"The ... little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb"--Amazon.com.Includes bibliographical references and index."The most beautiful experiment in the world" -- Little Queen and the other baby -- On the battlefields -- Dr. and Mrs. -- Right on time -- Lost and found -- A lab of her own -- Radium: treatment or toxin? -- Heavy metals -- Fleeing Hitler's Germany -- Eureka! the discovery of fission -- Chain reaction: research on fission goes global -- War -- Overlooked -- Afterword: Physicists, pacifists, realists.12 and up.7-8.1160LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956; Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968; Women scientists; Women scientists; Radioactivity; Nuclear fission;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 15
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Radioactive : the women of Three Mile Island / by Hutner, Heidi,Film directorFilm producerdirectorproducer(DLC)n 93006599; Hart, Martjin,Film directorCinematographer(local)tlcaut1711541200604661865; Fonda, Jane,1937-Otheractor(DLC)n 79103680; Drazba, Beth,Otheractor(local)tlcaut1711541300031179954; Kinney, Paula,Otheractor(local)tlcaut1711541306469893080; Braasch, Linda,Otheractor(local)tlcaut1711541312344262884; Hutner, Simeon,1959-Editor of moving image workFilm producerproducer(DLC)n 2002038628; First Run Features (Firm)Publisher(DLC)n 81111703 ;
Cinematographers, Roger Grange, Vanlentina Caniglia ; composer, Dash Hammerstein ; director of photography & co-director, Martijn Hart ; editor, Simeon Hutner.Featuring on-screen appearances by Jane Fonda, Beth Drazba, Paula Kinney, Linda Braasch, Joyce Corradi, Joanne Doroshow.In this thrilling feminist documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their local community's case against the plant operator to the Supreme Court and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.DVD.
Subjects: Feature films; Nonfiction films; Documentary films; Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.); Nuclear power plants; Nuclear power plants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Radioactive! [sound recording] : how Irène Curie & Lise Meitner revolutionized science and changed the world / by Conkling, Winifred.(CARDINAL)352643; Gallo, Andrea(Narrator)nrt.; Recorded Books, Inc.(CARDINAL)340508;
Narrated by Andrea Gallo.Shares the story of how the daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie discovered artificial radioactivity and won a Nobel Prize in spite of being denied an advanced education, inspiring physicist Lise Meitner to make a vital discovery about nuclear fission.12 years and up.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Joliot-Curie, Irène, 1897-1956; Women scientists; Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968; Women scientists; Radioactivity; Nuclear fission;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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[Radioactive wastes]
Subjects: Radioactive wastes.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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