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The wonders of radium
Maynard Shipley and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
A newly discovered element glowed in the dark, made gems blush, and promised clocks that never stopped: radium dazzled the early twentieth century. Maynard Shipley explains what radioactivity is, how radium was used, and how it let scientists date the earth itself. A bright snapshot of science at the atomic frontier. Hold up a glowing new element and wonder.
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20 chapters
- 1The Wonders of Radium
- 2THE WONDERS OF RADIUM
- 3CONTENTS
- 4THE_WONDERS_OF_RADIUM CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 5ALL MATTER RADIOACTIVE
- 6CHAPTER II EVERYDAY USES OF RADIUM
- 7RADIUM MAKES GEMS BLUSH
- 8A RADIUM CLOCK
- 9CHAPTER III RADIUM AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH
- 10CHAPTER IV AN EPOCH-MAKING DISCOVERY
- 11HOW RADIUM IS CONVERTED TO LEAD
- 12CHAPTER V RADIUM IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
- 13CHAPTER VI EFFICIENCY OF RADIUM IN TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES
- 14CHAPTER VII WHERE WE GET RADIUM
- 15NEW SOURCES OF RADIUM
- 16THE RADIOACTIVE DISINTEGRATION SERIES
- 17URANIUM I SERIES
- 18URANIUM Y (ACTINIUM) SERIES
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