Reading List

About Atomic Power for People, Edward and Ruth S. Radlauer, Childrens Press, Chicago, Illinois 60607, 1960, 47 pp., $2.50. Grades 5-9.

All About the Atom, Ira M. Freeman, Random House, Inc., New York 10022, 1955, 146 pp., $2.50. Grades 4-6.

Atoms at Your Service, Henry A. Dunlap and Hans N. Tuch, Harper and Row, Publishers, New York 10016, 1957, 167 pp., $4.00. Grades 7-9.

Carbon-14 and Other Science Methods that Date the Past, Lynn and Gray Poole, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 10036, 1961, 160 pp., $3.95. Grades 9-12.

Experiments with Atomics (revised edition), Nelson F. Beeler and Franklyn M. Branley, Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc., New York 10022, 1965, 160 pp., $3.50. Grades 5-8.

The Fabulous Isotopes: What They Are and What They Do, Robin McKown, Holiday House, Inc., New York 10022, 1962, 189 pp., $4.50. Grades 7-10.

Inside the Atom (revised edition), Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, Ltd., New York 10019, 1966, 197 pp., $4.00. Grades 7-10.

Introducing the Atom, Roslyn Leeds, Harper and Row, Publishers, New York 10016, 1967, 224 pp., $3.95. Grades 7-9.

Our Friend the Atom, Heinz Haber, Golden Press, Inc., New York 10022, 1957, 165 pp., $4.95 (out of print but available through libraries); $0.35 (paperback) from 45 Dell Publishing Company, Inc., New York 10017. Grades 7-9.

Radioisotopes, John H. Woodburn, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105, 1962, 128 pp., $3.50. Grades 7-10.

The Story of Atomic Energy, Laura Fermi, Random House, Inc., New York 10022, 1961, 184 pp., $1.95. Grades 7-11.

The Useful Atom, William R. Anderson and Vernon Pizer, The World Publishing Company, New York 10022, 1966, 185 pp., $5.75. Grades 7-12.

Working with Atoms, Otto R. Frisch, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York 10016, 1965, 96 pp., $3.50. Grades 9-12.

Footnotes

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The U. S. Atomic Energy Commission publishes this series of information booklets for the general public. The booklets are listed below by subject category.

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Chemistry

IB-303 The Atomic Fingerprint: Neutron Activation Analysis

IB-301 The Chemistry of the Noble Gases

IB-302 Cryogenics: The Uncommon Cold

IB-304 Nuclear Clocks

IB-306 Radioisotopes in Industry

IB-307 Rare Earths: The Fraternal Fifteen

IB-308 Synthetic Transuranium Elements

Biology

IB-101 Animals in Atomic Research

IB-102 Atoms in Agriculture

IB-105 The Genetic Effects of Radiation

IB-110 Preserving Food with Atomic Energy

IB-106 Radioisotopes and Life Processes

IB-107 Radioisotopes in Medicine

IB-109 Your Body and Radiation

The Environment

IB-201 The Atom and the Ocean

IB-202 Atoms, Nature, and Man

IB-414 Nature’s Invisible Rays

General Interest

IB-009 Atomic Energy and Your World

IB-010 Atomic Pioneers—Book 1: From Ancient Greece to the 19th Century

IB-011 Atomic Pioneers—Book 2: From the Mid-19th to the Early 20th Century

IB-012 Atomic Pioneers—Book 3: From the Late 19th to the Mid-20th Century

IB-002 A Bibliography of Basic Books on Atomic Energy

IB-004 Computers

IB-008 Electricity and Man

IB-005 Index to AEC Information Booklets

IB-310 Lost Worlds: Nuclear Science and Archeology

IB-309 The Mysterious Box: Science and Art

IB-006 Nuclear Terms: A Glossary

IB-013 Secrets of the Past: Nuclear Energy Applications in Art and Archaeology

IB-017 Teleoperators: Man’s Machine Partners

IB-014, 015, & 016 Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy Volumes 1, 2, and 3

Physics

IB-401 Accelerators

IB-402 Atomic Particle Detection

IB-403 Controlled Nuclear Fusion

IB-404 Direct Conversion of Energy

IB-410 The Electron

IB-405 The Elusive Neutrino

IB-416 Inner Space: The Structure of the Atom

IB-406 Lasers

IB-407 Microstructure of Matter

IB-415 The Mystery of Matter

IB-411 Power from Radioisotopes

IB-413 Spectroscopy

IB-412 Space Radiation

Nuclear Reactors

IB-501 Atomic Fuel

IB-502 Atomic Power Safety

IB-513 Breeder Reactors

IB-503 The First Reactor

IB-505 Nuclear Power Plants

IB-507 Nuclear Reactors

IB-510 Nuclear Reactors for Space Power

IB-508 Radioactive Wastes

IB-511 Sources of Nuclear Fuel

IB-512 Thorium and the Third Fuel

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