Claudio Tuniz (Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretic Assistant Director

Broschiertes Buch

Radioactivity

A Very Short Introduction

Beschreibung

Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature, and used to provide important applications in science, medicine, and energy production. But it remains misunderstood and feared. In this Very Short Introduction, Claudio Tuniz explains the nature and mechanisms of radioactivity.

Autor

Claudio Tuniz was Assistant Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste . Previously he was Nuclear Counsellor at the Australian Embassy to the IAEA in Vienna and Director of the Physics Division at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization in Sydney. He is co-author of the book The Bone Readers (2009).

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 181mm x 113mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780199692422
• ISBN-10: 0199692424
• Artikelnr.: 35406603