Life and death rays : radioactive poisoning and radiation exposure / Alan Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, A. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radiation--Toxicology.

Radiation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, [2021]

Summary:

This unique book provides an accessible introduction to both the scientific background and the key people involved in the discovery and use of radiation and radioactivity.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Chapter 1 The Poisoned Chalice

1.1 Poisoning of a Russian Defector

1.2 Poisons and Poisoners

1.3 Environmental and Inadvertent Poisoning

1.4 Deliberate Poisoning

1.5 Thallium: the Poisoner's Poison

1.6 Treatment of Thallium Poisoning

1.7 Thallium Radiation Poisoning

1.8 Poisoning With Tritium (Hydrogen-3)

1.9 Poisoning With Phosphorous-32

1.10 Irradiation With Sealed Sources

Chapter 2 Designer Poisons

2.1 Poison Laboratories

2.2 Laboratory No 1

2.3 Unit 731

2.4 Edgewood Arsenal and ULTRA

Chapter 3 Mysterious Rays

3.1 Radiation, Matter and Energy

3.2 The Wondrous Roentgen Rays

3.3 Ill Health and Safety

Chapter 4 Radiant Health

4.1 X-ray Vision

4.2 Electromechanical Medical Appliances

4.3 If the Shoe Fits

4.4 Beauty and the Beast

4.5 Mass Irradiation for Health and Hygiene

Chapter 5 Kill or Cure

5.1 A State of Decay

5.2 Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation

5.3 Radioactivity and the Birth of the Atomic Age

5.4 Radium, the Element of Life and Death

5.5 The Qray Electro-Radioactive Dry Compress

5.6 Sunshine in a Bottle

5.7 The Poisoned Paintbrush

5.8 Radiotherapy

Chapter 6 Chain Reactions

6.1 Embracing the Atom

6.2 The Manhattan Project

6.3 The Philadelphia Incident

6.4 Tickling the Dragon's Tail

6.5 Stirring Up Trouble

6.6 Dawn of the Atomic Age

Chapter 7 Nutopia

7.1 Human Radiation Experiments

7.2 Testing Times

7.3 Ultium, Extremium and Plutonium

7.4 An Unexpected Bitter Taste

7.5 The US Plutonium Studies

7.6 UK Human Tissue Studies

Chapter 8 From Tracers to Treatment

8.1 The Marked Card

8.2 Atomic Golf Balls

8.3 Track and Trace

8.4 The Nuclear Cloud's Silver Lining.

8.5 Nuclear Medicine

8.6 Technetium, the Missing Element

8.7 The Antimatter Scan

Chapter 9 A Series of Unfortunate Events

9.1 Accidents Happen

9.2 The Windscale Fire, 1957

9.3 The SL-1 Meltdown, 1961

9.4 Three Mile Island Accident, 1979

9.5 The Chernobyl Disaster, 1986

9.6 The Tokaimura Accident, 1999: a Fate Worse Than Death

9.7 The Fukushima Daiichi Disaster, 2011

9.8 Military and Medical Mishaps

Chapter 10 Home and Away

10.1 Radon Alert

10.2 Home Truths

10.3 The Radioactive Boy Scout

10.4 The Kramstorsk Tragedy

10.5 Environmental Radiation

10.6 Cosmic and Space Radiation

10.7 Radioactive Food for Thought

10.8 Geological Radiation

10.9 The Most Radioactive Place on the Earth

Chapter 11 Biological Effects and Medical Treatment

11.1 Biological Effects of Radiation

11.2 Radiosensitivity

11.3 Treatment of Radiation Casualties

11.4 Treating Radiation Casualties

11.5 Beer and Dragon's Blood

Chapter 12 Spies, Subterfuge, Missions and Murder

12.1 Spy Dust

12.2 X-ray Surveillance

12.3 The London Polonium Poisoning

12.4 Polonium-210

12.5 Deployment, Diagnosis and Detective Work

12.6 Other Polonium Poisonings

12.7 Security of Radioactive Materials

Glossary

Bibliography

Appendix 1: Table of SI Metric Prefixes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-302824-1

1-003-02824-1

1-000-40675-X

9781003028246

OCLC:

1251447266