Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection - Hardcover

Turner, James E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471595810 ISBN 13: 9780471595816

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 1995

Synopsis

This thoroughly updated and expanded edition features two new chapters on statistics for health physics and on environmental radioactivity, particularly concerning radon and radon daughters. Fresh material includes: a derivation of the stopping–power formula for heavy charged particles in the impulse approximation, a detailed discussion of beta–particle track structure and penetration in matter, an extensive description of the various interaction coefficients for photons, several new worked examples and additional end–of–chapter problems.

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Review

From Reviews of the Second Edition:

"What can I say? The second edition of ′Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection′ is much better than the first edition, and the first edition was great. [...] It is [...] one of the finest graduate–level texts on radiation protection. For someone teaching a graduate course on radiation protection, this is a ′must have′ book. [...] Everything you might want or need on the road to understanding radiation interaction is clearly and concisely handled. [...] Don′t think this is a book for graduate students and teachers alone, however; it is a fine reference for anyone working in radiation protection."
Physics Today

"The strength of the book lies in its unique analyses of fundamental particle track structure, including Monte Carlo computations, the detail of the important stochastical nature of the interactions, manifest in microdosimetry, and their consequences in radiobiological effects of setting up the criteria for radiation protection."
Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

"This book is an excellent text for graduate students in health physics, as it contains an appropriately detailed discussion about atomic and nuclear physics for such students. [...] Major strengths of the book are that it contains rigorous discussions about radioactive decay, interaction of radiation with matter, statistics of counting and methods for shielding calculations.
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

From the Back Cover

Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection offers professionals and advanced students a comprehensive background in the major concepts of radiation and radiation protection. Covering both the basic physics of radiation and its applications, it provides a lucid and coherent account of the origins and properties of the different kinds of ionizing radiation, its detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from its harmful effects. This book illustrates the basic physical principles with an abundance of practical, worked–out examples, numerical problems, real world applications, and data. This thoroughly updated Second Edition includes expanded treatment of biological effects, radon, risk assessment, and statistics.

Researchers, administrators, and graduate students in health physics, environmental sciences, nuclear engineering, medical physics, and other fields involved with ionizing radiation will find Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection an invaluable guide to a vitally important area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0471595810
• ISBN 13: 9780471595816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 575