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Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations

Radiation Risk Estimates in Normal and Emergency Situations

Cigna, Arrigo A.
Durante, Marco

Hardcover

Series: NATO Security Through Science Series B:, Book 9

BiologyEnvironmental StudiesGenetics

ISBN10: 1402049544
ISBN13: 9781402049545
Publisher: Springer Pg
Published: Aug 23 2006
Pages: 373
Weight: 1.56
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.79 Depth: 9.51
Language: English

In September 2005, Yerevan (Armenia) hosted an International Conference dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the publication of the so called green paper, published by N.W. Timofeeff-Ressovsky, K. Zimmer and M. Delbruck in 1935, entitled 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 of the mixed environment of molecular biologists, genetists, radiobiologists, radioecologists, biophysicists, etc. gathered in Yerevan. We were delighted to include 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 it advisable to include those papers in this book.

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