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Excerpt: "There is nothing new under the sun, says the Bible. Nor is the sun itself new, we might add. As long as life has existed on earth, it has been exposed to radiation from the Sun, SO that life and radiation are Old acquaintances and have learned to live together. We are accustomed to looking upon sunlight as something good, useful, and desirable, and certainly we could not live long without it. The energy of sunlight warms the earth, produces the winds that tend to equalize earth's temperatures, evaporates the Oceans and produces …"
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GenreScience and Nature
Length1 hr 36 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 20, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE MACHINERY OF INHERITANCE
12Background Radiation
2Introduction
13Man-made Radiation
3Cells and Chromosomes
14DOSE AND CONSEQUENCE
4Enzymes and Genes
15Radiation Sickness
5Parents and Offspring
16Radiation and Mutation
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6MUTATIONS
17Dosage Rates
7Sudden Change
18Effects on Mammals
8Spontaneous Mutations
19Conclusion
9Genetic Load
20SUGGESTED REFERENCES
10Mutation Rates
21Books
11Ionizing Radiation
22Motion Pictures
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