Woman Who Knew Too Much, Revised Ed. - Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation

Klappentext Illuminates the life and achievements of the remarkable woman scientist who revolutionized the concept of radiation risk. Gayle Greene traces Stewart's life and career as she came up against ever more powerful authorities! first the British medical profession! then the US nuclear industry! and finally the regulatory agencies that set radiation safety standards throughout the world. Zusammenfassung The life story of the epidemiologist who discovered the harmful effects of fetal X rays and other radiation exposure

Product details

• Authors: Gayle Greene, Gayle Jacoba Greene
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2017
• EAN: 9780472053568
• ISBN: 978-0-472-05356-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies