Published 2006 | Version v1
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The history of radioactivity: evolution of a concept and its applications

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Description

This book presents the historical aspects of the radioactivity from 1896 to today. It reveals the importance of the Chemistry in this history, details the main actors, but also presents the applications of the radioactivity: the medical applications, the dating for the archaeology, the electric power production and the atomic bomb. (A.L.B.)

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Additional titles

Original title (French)
Histoire de la radioactivite: l'evolution d'un concept et de ses applications

Publishing Information

Publisher
Editions Vuibert
Imprint Place
Paris (France)
ISBN
2-711-77194-6
Imprint Pagination
347 p.

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
38116369
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
FISSION; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; ISOTOPE DATING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; AGE ESTIMATION; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ELEMENTS; MEDICINE; METALS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WEAPONS