Physics is used to describe the production and behavior of radiation and radioactivity
and interactions that determine the energy deposited in media (dose) and
allow its detection and modification (shielding). These uses justify a comprehensive
and applied treatise of the major physics concepts of radiation protection, an
approach that was followed in the first offering and is continued here. Omissions
and errors have been remedied to the extent they have been discovered, and new
material has been added on internal radiation dose, the dynamics of radioactivity
released into environmental media, and log-normal statistics. And, as before,
numerous real world examples and problems are provided to demonstrate concepts
and hone skills.