History of Radiation

Discovery to today

The discovery of radiation and its history are nicely explained here:
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/timeline/
For detailed information on the lives and work of many of the scientists we have written about, see:
http://www.nobelprize.org

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Atomic bombs

For details of survivors of atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, see:
http://www.rerf.or.jp/library/archives_e/lsstitle.html

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Fear of radiation

For cancer risks of men and women:
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/lifetime-probability-of-developing-or-dying-from-cancer.

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