Overview
- Examines the issue of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for a wide audience
- Written from a Japanese perspective
- Discusses one of the most important policy issues of the 21st Century
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Science Policy Reports (SCIPOLICY)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Nuclear World, the Chemical World, and Radiation
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The Military Uses of Nuclear Power: Hiroshima
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The “Peaceful” Uses of Nuclear Power: Fukushima
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The Interactions of Radiation with the Chemical/Biological World: The Biohazards of Radiation
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Health Effects of Radiation Revealed So Far
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Reviews
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“Ochiai, a Canada-based chemist, has published several books on chemicals, life, and health … . His latest work focuses on radiation. … The author writes clearly about radiation decay and fission, and examines historical antecedents of nuclear weapons and the nuclear industry. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (M. Gochfeld, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Eiichiro Ochiai was born in Tokyo and earned his PhD from the University of Tokyo. He has taught and carried out research in chemistry at universities in Japan, Canada, the USA and Sweden. At the time his area of research, bioinorganic chemistry, was a new field and he has published several books on the subject including “Bioinorganic Chemistry, an Introduction” (Allyn and Bacon, 1977), “Bioinorganic Chemistry, a Survey” (Elsevier, 2008). His other books include a general chemistry book: “Chemicals for Life and Living” (Springer, 2011), and “Life and Metals” (in Japanese, Kenkyu-sha, 1991), “Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Power Plants” (in Japanese, Rokusai-sha, 2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hiroshima to Fukushima
Book Subtitle: Biohazards of Radiation
Authors: Eiichiro Ochiai
Series Title: Science Policy Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38727-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-38726-5Published: 04 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51155-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-38727-2Published: 24 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2213-1965
Series E-ISSN: 2213-1973
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 225
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Chemistry, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Nuclear Energy