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paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Readers copy; reprint paperback is clean and readable with highlighting to first and last chapters, and minor dampstaining to corners of first 18 pages. Edges show minor wear but are generally square. Binding is tight and strong. Highly usable copy.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 130 pp. General wear. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones; interiors by: Robert Gibson Jones; Henry Sharp; EDmond B. Swiatek; Rod Ruth; Julian S. Krupa; and Virgil Finlay. This issue contains: Secret of the Flaming Ring - a novelette by P. F. Costello; Death Has Green Eyes - a short short story by John W. Jakes; Let's Do It Again - a short story by William Campbell Gault; Pink Wind - a short story by Frances M. Deegan; Social Obligation - a short short story by Roy L. Clough Jr.; and The Master Ego - a novelette by Peter Worth; along with the usual features; including a letter from W. Paul Ganley. Size: 8vo. Robert Gibson Jones; Henry Sharp; EDmond B. Swiatek; Rod Ruth; Julian S. Krupa; Virgil Finlay; (illustrator). Book. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 521 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Wraps. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. xviii, 169, [3] pages. Footnotes. References. Tables. Ex-library book with library markings. The 1981 National Research Council report, Federal Research on the Biological and Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation, critically evaluated U.S. government radiation research, highlighting inefficiencies and a need for better interagency coordination. It strongly recommended a centralized, proactive strategy to address research gaps, particularly regarding low-dose exposure, setting the foundation for modern radiation safety standards. Research on the biological and health effects of ionizing radiation has doubtless been more intensive than the study of these effects using any other agent. This book is an excellent summary of the federally supported work since WWII and includes a broad review of all pertinent studies in the field of radiation biology. There is a slight pro-nuclear flavor to the text but it is handled discretely and is actually somewhat subdued, considering the subject matter. This book is the result of the National Academy of Sciences being asked by the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to evaluate the scope and quality of research on the biological and health effects of ionizing radiation supported or conducted by agencies of the federal government. …

Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1988. Pictorial stiff wraps, 521 pp. Presentation copy: For Michael Robinson, With warm regards and respect, Ed Wilson . A group of lectures given at the National Forum on BioDiversity in September, 1986, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and Smithsonian Institution. Wilson gives chapter one, The Current State of Biological Diversity , and Michael Robinson, Director of the National Zoological Park, gives Chapter 40, Are There Alternatives to Destruction? See the next entry for another presentation to Robinson. Three of the four wrapper corners are dog-eared, else Fine.…