Stories
- Article
The psychological impact of nuclear war
How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.
- Article
The big freeze
In recent years we’ve come to realise that global heating is our biggest threat. But it’s hard to shake off the fear of a return to ice-age conditions, the predominant narrative since the late 17th century.
- Book extract
The castration effect
Discover how testosterone – or the lack of it – affects the male body, from eunuch slaves to castrato singers, and on to hormone reduction in modern prostate cancer treatment.
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The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Radioactivity II
Date: 1963-1967Reference: SA/CMO/D/150Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Radioactivity I
Date: 1959-1962Reference: SA/CMO/D/149Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Archives and manuscripts
Radioactivity III
Date: 1968-1970Reference: SA/CMO/D/151Part of: Association of County Medical Officers of Health and the County Medical Officers Group of the Society of Medical Officers of Health- Books
Radioactivity and the life sciences / D.J. Hornsey.
Hornsey, David John.Date: 1974- E-books
- Online
Radioactivity in America: Growth and Decay of a Science
Lawrence BadashDate: 1979