01062nam a22001697a 4500 9780199692422 539.752 Tuniz, Claudio Radioactivity : A Very Short Introduction Claudio Tuniz 1st Oxford, New York Oxford University Press 2012 154 Pages 17x11 cm PB Include Index and Illustration You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and important applications in science, medicine, industry, and energy production. But it remains much misunderstood - and feared, perhaps because nuclear radiation cannot be detected by humansenses, and can undoubtedly do great harm if appropriate precautions are not taken. In recent times there have be. Radioactivity Radiation BK 29492 29492 0 0 0 539_752000000000000_T926R_2012 0 NFIC 28868 GPL GPL GEN 2017-04-15 CRV/GPLM/13/2016 431.65 539.752 T926R 2012 36112 2017-04-15 2017-04-15 BK