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In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Ellam explains how isotopes have proved enormously important across all the sciences and in archaeology. Radioactive isotopes may be familiar from their use in nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and in medicine, as well as in carbon dating. They have been central to establishing the age of the Earth and the origins of the solar system. Combining previous and new research, Ellam provides an overview of the nature of stable and radioactive isotopes, and considers their wide range of modern applications.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Ellam explains how isotopes have proved enormously important across all the sciences and in archaeology. Radioactive isotopes may be familiar from their use in nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and in medicine, as well as in carbon dating. They have been central to establishing the age of the Earth and the origins of the solar system. Combining previous and new research, Ellam provides an overview of the nature of stable and radioactive isotopes, and considers their wide range of modern applications.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
- Preface: At home with the Beilbys
- 1: Identical outsides ... different insides
- 2: Measuring isotopes - radioactivity counters
- 3: Measuring isotopes - mass spectrometers
- 4: Isotopic clocks - the persistence of carbon
- 5: You are what you eat... plus a few per mil
- 6: Physics heal thyself - isotopes in medicine
- 7: Reconstructing the past - weathering the future
- 8: Scratching the surface with cosmogenic isotopes
- 9: Uranium, thorium, and their daughters
- 10: Cosmic stopped clocks
- Epilogue
- Further Reading
- Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geowissenschaften, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198723622 |
| ISBN-10: | 0198723628 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ellam, Rob |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
| Maße: | 175 x 111 x 12 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Rob Ellam |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2016 |
| Gewicht: | 0,121 kg |
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