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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 human senses, and can undoubtedly do great harm if appropriate precautions are not taken. In recent times there have been increasing concerns about nuclear terrorism. The traces of radioactive atoms in rock have allowed us to understand the nature and history of the Earth, in particular to date events in that history. Radioactive dating has been used for a variety of purposes, from determining the age of the first hominids to the dating of the Turin Shroud. The discovery of radioactivity has improved our survival kit, but also gave us the chance to reach a new level of awareness on the history of our species and its environmental impacts. In this Very Short Introduction , Claudio Tuniz explains the nature of

Who reads Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)?

Author

Tuniz, Claudio

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199692422

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Physics, Science

Rating

3.41 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14