Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light - Hardcover

Berman, Bob

 
9780316311304: Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316311308 ISBN 13: 9780316311304
Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

How much do you know about the radiation all around you?

Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see, hear, smell or feel it, but there is never a single second when it is not flying through your body. Too much of it will kill you, but without it you wouldn't live a year.

From beloved popular science writer Bob Berman, Zapped tells the story of all the light we cannot see, tracing infrared, microwaves, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves and other forms of radiation from their historic, world-altering discoveries in the 19th century to their central role in our modern way of life, setting the record straight on health costs (and benefits) and exploring the consequences of our newest technologies.

Lively, informative, and packed with fun facts and "eureka moments," Zapped will delight anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of our world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bob Berman, one of America's top astronomy writers, is the author of Zapped, Zoom and The Sun's Heartbeat. He contributed the popular "Night Watchman" column for Discover for seventeen years and is currently a columnist for Astronomy, a host on Northeast Public Radio, and the science editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac. He lives in Willow, New York.

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Verlag
Little, Brown and Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316311308
ISBN 13 
9780316311304
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
272
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