Mad On Radium
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Mad On Radium
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Author : Rebecca Priestley
language : en
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Mad On Radium written by Rebecca Priestley and has been published by Auckland University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with History categories.
In this engaging and accessible history, prize-winning author Rebecca Priestley reveals the alternative history of 'nuclear New Zealand' - a country where there was much enthusiasm for nuclear science and technology, from the first users of x-rays and radium in medicine; the young New Zealand physicists seconded to work on the Manhattan Project; support for the British bomb tests in the Pacific; plans for a heavy water plant at Wairakei; prospecting for uranium on the West Coast of the South Island; plans for a nuclear power station on the Kaipara Harbour; and thousands of scientists and medical professionals working with nuclear technology. Priestley then considers the transition to 'nuclear-free New Zealand' policy in the 1980s. The change was dramatic: in the late 1970s, less than a decade before becoming so proudly nuclear-free, New Zealand was considering nuclear power to meet growing electricity demand in the North Island and the government was supporting a uranium prospecting programme on the West Coast of the South Island. But following the nuclear-free policy, anything with nuclear associations came under suspicion: taxi drivers referred to a science institute using a particle accelerator as 'the bomb factory' and Jools Topp of the Topp Twins refused radiation therapy for cancer, telling the doctors 'I'm a lifelong member of Greenpeace, why would I let you irradiate me?' By uncovering the long and rich history of New Zealanders' engagement with the nuclear world and the roots of our nuclear-free identity, by leading us into popular culture, politics, medicine and science, Priestley reveals much about our culture's evolving attitudes to science and technology and the world beyond New Zealand's shores.
Half Lives
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Author : Lucy Jane Santos
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books
Release Date : 2020-07-02
Half Lives written by Lucy Jane Santos and has been published by Icon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-02 with Science categories.
' Half Lives shines a light on the shocking history of the world's toxic love affair with a deadly substance, radium. Unnerving, fascinating, informative and truly frightening.' Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five 'The story of this supposed cure-all in everyday 20th century life is fascinating and well told.' Brian Maye, Irish Times Lucy Jane Santos presents the surprising history of radium in everyday life. Of all the radioactive elements discovered at the end of the 19th century, it was radium that became the focus of both public fascination and entrepreneurial zeal. Half Lives tells the fascinating, curious, sometimes macabre story of the element through its ascendance as a desirable item - a present for a queen, a prize in a treasure hunt, a glow-in- the-dark dance costume - to its role as a supposed cure-all in everyday 20th-century life, when medical practitioners and business people (reputable and otherwise) devised ingenious ways of commodifying the new wonder element, and enthusiastic customers welcomed their radioactive wares into their homes. Historian Lucy Jane Santos - herself the proud owner of a formidable collection of radium beauty treatments - delves into the stories of these products and details the gradual downfall and discredit of the radium industry through the eyes of the people who bought, sold and eventually came to fear the once-fetishized substance. She reveals a new history of radium, one in which the stories of those previously dismissed as quacks and fools are brought to life, as part of a unique examination of the interplay between science and popular culture.
They Called Me Mad
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Author : John Monahan
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-12-07
They Called Me Mad written by John Monahan and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-07 with Science categories.
Discover the true genius behind history's greatest "madmen". From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes-eccentric real life men and women who challenged our view of the world and broke new scientific frontiers. They Called Me Mad recounts the amazing true stories of such historical luminaries as Archimedes, the calculator of pi and creator of the world's first death ray; Isaac Newton, the world's first great scientist and the last great alchemist; Nikola Tesla, who built the precursors of robots, fluorescent lighting, and particle beam weapons before the turn of the twentieth century-and more.
Mad Scientists
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Author : Sally Lee
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2014
Mad Scientists written by Sally Lee and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
"Describes several scientists who went outside the box to discover scientific answers"--
Invent Radium Or I Ll Pull Your Hair
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Author : Doris Drucker
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2004
Invent Radium Or I Ll Pull Your Hair written by Doris Drucker and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with German Americans categories.
The Radium Girls
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Author : Kate Moore
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-06-16
The Radium Girls written by Kate Moore and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with History categories.
Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf book club choice New York Times bestseller ‘Fascinating.’ Sunday Times ‘Thrilling.’ ????? Mail on Sunday All they wanted was the chance to shine. Be careful what you wish for… ‘The first thing we asked was, “Does this stuff hurt you?” And they said, “No.” The company said that it wasn’t dangerous, that we didn’t need to be afraid.’ As the First World War spread across the world, young American women flocked to work in factories, painting clocks, watches and military dials with a special luminous substance made from radium. It was a fun job, lucrative and glamorous – the girls shone brightly in the dark, covered head to toe in dust from the paint. However, as the years passed, the women began to suffer from mysterious and crippling illnesses. It turned out that the very thing that had made them feel alive – their work – was slowly killing them: the radium paint was poisonous. Their employers denied all responsibility, but these courageous women – in the face of unimaginable suffering – refused to accept their fate quietly, and instead became determined to fight for justice. Drawing on previously unpublished diaries, letters and interviews, The Radium Girls is an intimate narrative of an unforgettable true story. It is the powerful tale of a group of ordinary women from the Roaring Twenties, who themselves learned how to roar. Further praise for The Radium Girls 'The importance of the brave and blighted dial-painters cannot be overstated.’ Sunday Times ‘A perfect blend of the historical, the scientific and the personal.' Bustle ‘Thrilling and carefully crafted.’ Mail on Sunday?
Radium
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Author : Radium Company of Colorado
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
Radium written by Radium Company of Colorado and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with Radium categories.
Batman The War Years 1939 1945
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Author : Roy Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Chartwell Books
Release Date : 2015-10-08
Batman The War Years 1939 1945 written by Roy Thomas and has been published by Chartwell Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-08 with Art categories.
"Presenting over 20 classic full length Batman tales from the DC Comics vault!"--Cover.
Decay Of Radium Emanation
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Author : Radium Emanation Corporation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 19??
Decay Of Radium Emanation written by Radium Emanation Corporation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 19?? with categories.
Elements
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Author : Theodore Gray
language : en
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Release Date : 2012-04-03
Elements written by Theodore Gray and has been published by Black Dog & Leventhal this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-03 with Science categories.
With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, The Elements is the most entertaining, comprehensive, and visually arresting book on all 118 elements in the periodic table. Includes a poster of Theodore Gray's iconic photographic periodic table of the elements! Based on seven years of research and photography by Theodore Gray and Nick Mann, The Elements presents the most complete and visually arresting representation available to the naked eye of every atom in the universe. Organized sequentially by atomic number, every element is represented by a big beautiful photograph that most closely represents it in its purest form. Several additional photographs show each element in slightly altered forms or as used in various practical ways. Also included are fascinating stories of the elements, as well as data on the properties of each, including atomic number, atomic symbol, atomic weight, density, atomic radius, as well as scales for electron filling order, state of matter, and an atomic emission spectrum. This of solid science and stunning artistic photographs is the perfect gift book for every sentient creature in the universe.