Cigna / Durante Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations

2006
ISBN: 978-1-4020-4956-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

Reihe: Nato Security through Science Series B:

In September 2005, Yerevan (Armenia) hosted an International Conference dedicated to the 70'th anniversary of the publication of the so called "green paper", published by N.W. Timofeeff-Ressovsky, K. Zimmer and M. Delbruck in 1935, whose title was "On the origin of gene mutations and gene structure". The importance of this paper for genetics and radiobiology was enormous - not only for radiobiology, but for genetics in general. The "target" of the radiation action was indeed the "gene", that for the first time found a clear, operational definition. The organisers of this Conference proposed to convene scientists from all over the world to discuss the impact of radiation risk estimates in normal and emergency situations. This was the starting point of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, whose proceedings are published in this book. The parallel development of the Conference and the Workshop resulted in a true synergism, both events taking advantage from the mixed environment of molecular biologists, genetists, radiobiologists, radioecologists, biophysicists, etc. gathered in Yerevan. We were delighted to include in these proceedings a few excellent papers dealing directly with Timofeeff-Ressovsky's life, and the "green pamphlet". The life and scientific achievements of Timofeeff-Ressovsky are often not well known in western countries, hence we deemed advisable to include those papers in this book.

Zielgruppe

Researchers in the field of radiation protection, radioecology, radiobiology. History of Science, Human Genetics, Ecology, Biophysics/Biomedical Physics, Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection, Biophysics, NATO, Physics, Science, Security, Sub-Series B

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cigna, Arrigo A.

Durante, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nuklearer Strahlenschutz, Nuklearenergie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Über Autor(innen)

Arrigo A. Cigna, Union Internationale de Radioecologie, Cocconato (Asti), Italy / Marco Durante, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy