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

by Bob Berman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316311308
• ISBN13: 9780316311304
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"