Life Atomic - A History of Radioisotopes in Science and Medicine

Informationen zum Autor Angela N. H. Creager is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History at Princeton University. She is the author of "The Life of a Virus "and coeditor of "Feminism in Twentieth-Century Science, Technology, and Medicine," both published by the University of Chicago Press. She lives in Princeton, NJ. Klappentext After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. This title tells the story of how these radioisotopes, which were simultaneously scientific tools and political icons, transformed biomedicine and ecology. Zusammenfassung After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. This title tells the story of how these radioisotopes, which were simultaneously scientific tools and political icons, transformed biomedicine and ecology.

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• Autori: Angela N. H. Creager
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226017808
• ISBN: 978-0-226-01780-8
• Pagine: 448
• Serie: Synthesis; Synthesis
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali