Invisible Rays: A History of Radioactivity

by G.I. Brown

This volume explores the history of radioactivity through the biographies of those who discovered its elements and potential, including Marie and Pierre Curie, Becquerel, Klaproth, Lord Rutherford and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750926678
• ISBN13: 9780750926676
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

How refreshing...a balanced, nonhysterical treatment.

This a rather sweeping overview of the history of radioactivity from its earliest scientist observers to the current status of nuclear power throughout the world. G.I. Brown is a British scholar, which, as an American reader, I thought brought an element of humor and internationalism to the effort that probably would have been missing had the book been authored by an American. While it's not perfect, I highly recommend this book for those in search of a nuclear history that isn't steeped in politics and ideology, incessant historical second-guessing, or apocalyptic despair. It is a much needed work.