From Radio-phobia to Radio-euphoria [E-Book] : Low Radiation Doses: Safe, Useful, and Necessary / by Ilya Obodovskiy.
This book gives a detailed discussion of the initial enthusiasm triggered by the discovery of x-rays and radioactive radiation which later turned into fear and repulsion in a significant part of the global population up to the 21st century. After a historical review, the author discusses the effect...
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Personal Name(s): | Obodovskiy, Ilya, author |
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1st edition 2023. |
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Springer,
2023
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XXV, 369 pages 128 illustrations, 89 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783031426452 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-031-42645-2 |
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Popular Science
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- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The world in the era of great discoveries - X-rays and radioactivity
- Chapter 2. X-ray mania
- Chapter 3. Radio-euphoria
- Chapter 4. From radio-euphoria to radio-phobia
- Chapter 5. The effect of radiation on a living organism, view from outside
- Chapter 6. The effect of radiation on a living organism, view from inside
- Chapter 7. Safety of low radiation doses
- Chapter 8. The usefulness of low radiation doses. Hormesis
- Chapter 9. Special kind of hormesis - Radon and radon therapy
- Chapter 10. The necessity of low radiation doses. Experiments in underground laboratories
- Chapter 11. What is more dangerous, what is more terrible?
- Conclusion. It's high time to move back: from radio-phobia to radio-euphoria
- Appendix
- List of recommended literature.