"Fallout"- Opening Reception
The Mixed Blessing of Radiation and the Public Health
Event Details
Date
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Time
4 p.m.
Location
Ebling Library, third floor galleries, Health Sciences Learning Center
Description
An examination of the early use of x-rays in diagnosis and treatment, a UW connection with Marie Curie, bomb shelters in the 1960s, health concerns after nuclear events, UW's Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology, shoe fitting fluoroscopes and the like. Supported by artifacts, journals and books from Ebling's Rare Books and Special Collections and materials from campus libraries and UW's Radiology Department. In conjunction with 2012's Go Big Read: Radioactive by Lauren Redniss.
Cost
Free
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