Introduction to Radiation Protection: Practical Knowledge for Handling Radioactive Sources (Graduate Texts in Physics)

Claus Grupen

ISBN 10: 3662496038 / ISBN 13: 9783662496039

Published by Springer, 2010

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2010 edition. 415 pages. 9.53x7.60x0.98 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Radiation Protection: Practical Knowledge for Handling Radioactive Sources (Graduate Texts in Physics)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662496038
• ISBN 13: 9783662496039
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.04 kilograms

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Synopsis

This account of sources of ionizing radiation and methods of radiation protection describes units of radiation protection, measurement techniques, biological effects, environmental radiation and many applications. Each chapter contains problems with solutions.

About the Author

Ph. D. at Kiel University, Germany 1970

Radiation Officer at Kiel University and Siegen University

Radiation Advisor for Fire Brigades in Matters of Radiation Protection, Siegen, Germany

Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of England 1971 at the University of Durham

working with Sir Arnold Wolfendale (Prof. Dr. and Astronomer Royal emeritus)

Guest Professor at Tokyo University in 1980 and 1985

Visiting Scientist at CERN during sabbaticals in 1990, 1994 and 2000

Special High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society

for the Discovery of the Gluon (along with other members of PETRA Experiments) in 1995

Full Professor at Siegen University since 1980