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Author:
Lucy Jane Santos
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Date:
July 6, 2021
Lucy Jane Santos looks back at the discovery of radium at the end of the 19th century, its ascendance as a desirable item and dubious cure-all product and its fall from grace after the Second World War.
What The Reviewers Say
... science and popular culture combine in an engaging survey of the radium craze.
In telling this history, Santos is careful not to judge from the perspective of hindsight: the use of radiation in medicine wasn’t quackery, it was supported by the best current scientific understanding. It’s an entertaining and eye-opening tale of a strange time in the early history of modern science..
... [a] sweeping debut.
