Deadly Sunshine: The History And Fatal Legacy Of Radium
Language: English
Published by Tempus Pub Ltd, United Kingdom, 2005
- Softcover
- New
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New. Provides insight into the social history of scientific discovery, focusing on the history of one of the most potent of elements, its use and abuse.
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- Title
- Deadly Sunshine: The History And Fatal Legacy Of Radium
- Author
- Harvie, David
- Publisher
- Tempus Pub Ltd, United Kingdom
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0752433954
- ISBN 13
- 9780752433950
- Dimensions
- 5 x 8
- Seller catalogs
- HISTORY, Science
From its discovery by Marie Curie, radium was treated as some sort of wonder element. Capable of preventing disease, being used by quacks and doctors alike, it had thousands of uses. All that was to change by the 1920s. As radiation poisoning was being studied seriously, the deadly effects of radium were known and the wonder element was beginning to be feared. What of the legacy today? There are over 500 sites in the UK alone where radium was used or produced, all contaminated in some way. Some of these sites have been re-developed with no regard for the danger they pose or in ignorance of their past. On at least one heavily contaminated site, a housing project has been built.
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