Published January 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Sievert: unit and eponym

  • 1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (UK)

Description

A brief biographical sketch is given of Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966) one has had an integral, an instrument and a radiation unit called after him and was a patron and a practitioner of radiological physics. (U.K.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiol. Prot. Bull.
Journal Issue
no.62
Series
Radiol. Prot. Bull.
ISSN
0308-4272

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
16034455
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
DOCUMENT TYPES; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; MAN; PHYSICS; SIEVERT UNIT
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; MAMMALS; PRIMATES; RADIATION DOSE UNITS; SI UNITS; UNITS; VERTEBRATES