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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 610.153 EAN: 9780071423083 Edition: 4 ISBN: 0071423087 Label: McGraw-Hill Medical Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Medical Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 864 Publication Date: July 25, 2008 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Studio: McGraw-Hill Medical Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The Health Physics TextbookThe fourth edition of Introduction to Health Physics by Herman Cember and Thomas Johnson is a 21st century update to the classic Health Physics text. The new edition expands on the third edition with a content update, more problems, plus modern tables and graphics for better readability. Chapter 4 On Radiation Sources has been expanded to include an extensive discussion on Machine Sources of Radiation. This new section covers X-Ray Tubes, Linear Accelerators, and Cyclotrons. Chapter ... Read More Rating: - A new and improved version of a classic textbook!I studied the 2nd edition of this text as a student and the 3rd edition preparing for both the CHP part I and II. I've recently read through this latest edition and am very encouraged by the updates that have been made. I highly recommend this book for new health physics students, HPs preparing for the CHP exam and anyone with an interest in learning about the field of Health Physics. You won't find another book that covers the full breadth of the field like this one. This 4th edition is a must-have ... Read More Rating: - THE book for all Health PhysicistsI received my copy of the fourth edition of "Introduction to Health Physics" today and took a good look at it. Chapter two and three don't have a lot of substantial changes, but it looks like the rounding errors in the previous editions have been corrected. There are more homework problems in each chapter too. Chapter four has a new section on accelerators, with a good explanation of each type. Chapter five again appears to have multiple numerical corrections made, and more homework problems. ... Read More Rating:  - New edition marred by typos and awkward editingThis new edition of the classic text is a disappointment, and it's use as a textbook is not recommended. For this 3d edition, the list of typographical errors compiled by colleagues and myself stands at four pages and growing. Errors can be found in the text, the chapter problems, and their solutions. Other solutions which are not clearly wrong may inexplicably differ from your own solution at the second significant digit. Formulae are rarely derived from first principles. One exception ... Read More 
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