MLS Natural Science Seminar

Feb 18 &;25; A survey of the Electromagnetic radiation scare. (AKA: Should I get rid of my alarm clock?) Kyle Forinash , Physics.

Last updated: 1/15/97

• Lightman, Alan; "Great Ideas in Physics", pp113-118.
• March, Robert H; "Physics for Poets", pp67-75.
• Hewitt, Paul; Suchocki, John; Hewitt, Leslie; "Conceptual Physical Science", Chapter 12: 'Light Waves'.
• Hewitt, Paul; Suchocki, John; Hewitt, Leslie; "Conceptual Physical Science", Chapter 15: 'The Nucleus and Radioactivity'.
• Goodwin, Irwin; Washington Reports, "Physics Today" Jan. 1997, pp49 -50.

References on the internet: (More to come!)

1) Reports from the National Institute of Health

2) A report from Lawrence Berkely Laboratory

3) National Cancer Institute

4) Some information for medical and radiology students at Indiana University Medical School

5) Infoventures, a commercial site offering information to business about various health issues, including EMF (electromagnetic fields).

6) A resource page at Baylor College on Radiation Health Effects .

7) An interesting explanation of radiation by Eric Hall at Columbia University.