A01=Harry E Gove
accelerator mass spectrometry
atomic bombing
Author_Harry E Gove
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Columbus
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Hiroshima
historical development
Nagasaki
nuclear power
nuclear waste
nuclear weapons
radiocarbon dating
tandem electrostatic accelerators
The American Indians
The Dead Sea Scroll
The Iceman
The Vikings
Product details
- ISBN 9780750305587
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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From Hiroshima to the Iceman: The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry presents a fascinating account of a breakthrough in science and the insights it has brought that would not have been possible without it. Involved since its invention, Harry Gove recounts the story of the development of accelerator mass spectrometry and its use as an ultrasensitive detection technique in many fields of science and the arts. A key advantage of the technique is that it requires only very small samples of material. The book explores the areas where the technique has increased understanding and provided solutions to problems, including the clean-up and storage of nuclear waste, the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, biomedical research, the settling of the Americas, and carbon dating of many precious artifacts. Objects dated include the Turin Shroud, the Iceman, the elephant bird egg, and the Dead Sea scrolls.
Harry E Gove (University of Rochester, USA)
