Zapped : from infrared to X-rays, the curious history of invisible light
Berman, Bob2018
Book
It comes from deep space and from the sun. It zooms at you from nuclear power plants, microwaves, mobiles, CT scanners and mammogram machines. You cannot see, hear, smell or feel it, but there is never a moment when it isn't flying through your body. Too much of it will kill you, but without it you wouldn't make it through a year. Bob Berman traces 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 role in our world today.
Main title:
Author:
Berman, Bob, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2018.
Collation:
vi, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781786073730 (pbk)
Dewey class:
535.09
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2649428