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Fallout: A Study of Superbombs, Strontium 90, and Survival

Pages: 235

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Publisher: Basic Books

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1960

Subjects: Radioactive Fallout

Table of Contents

Title Page

The Authors

Editor's Acknowledgment

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

1 The Bombs And Their Products

2 The Global Pattern Of Fallout

3 W. O. Caster From Bomb To Man

4 The Rising Level Of Fallout

5 Biological Effects Of Radiation

Radiation And Future Generations

7 Radiation Accidents

9 Civil Defense

10 Detection Of Bomb Tests

11 Nuclear War

Fowler: National Survival

Appendices

Appendix A Fundamentals Of Radiation

Appendix B Fission And Fusion

Appendix C List of Nuclear Explosions

Appendix D Casualties in A Nuclear Attack

Glossary

Index

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