Half Lives The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos
epub | 2.58 MB | English | Isbn:B086YB7NB9 | Author: Lucy Jane Santos | PAge: 280 | Year: 2020
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'In Half Lives, Lucy Santos transports us back to a time when consumers wondered whether mixing radium into chicken feed might result in eggs that could hard-boil themselves; when diners cheerfully drank radioactive cocktails that glowed in the dark; and when people used toothpaste containing lethal thorium oxide in the pursuit of healthy gums. Santos unpicks fact from fiction and exhibits a masterful grasp of a complex area of science history that is so often mistold. Half Lives is a delightfully disturbing book that reminds us all of the age-old Latin maxim, 'caveat emptor.' - Dr Lindsey Fitzharris, bestselling author of The Butchering Art
'With verve and vivacity, Lucy Jane Santos conducts her readers on a unique tour of the twentieth century's most significant scientific discovery. Before the R-word threatened destruction, it offered hope for the future - teeth would glow white, cocktails would...
'With verve and vivacity, Lucy Jane Santos conducts her readers on a unique tour of the twentieth century's most significant scientific discovery. Before the R-word threatened destruction, it offered hope for the future - teeth would glow white, cocktails would...
Category:Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Physics
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