
Nuclear Physics Explained
Radiation Sources, Natural and Unnatural
Educational · Apr 27, 2018 · 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection
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S1, E4: Survey the sources of radiation in the world around us, bombarding us from the sky (cosmic rays), found in the ground (uranium and other naturally occurring radioactive elements), zapping us in medical procedures, and found in consumer goods. Look at some long-discontinued radiating products such as shoe fluoroscopy and Radithor, an ill-advised radium-laced health tonic.
Educational · Apr 27, 2018 · 29 min