Class 3

Class 3: Radiation and Radioactivity.  Elements of Nuclear Energy and Technology, Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War.

Class 3 Readings:

The Wizards of Armageddon, Fred Kaplan, pages 24-200

Professor van Bibber’s lecture on:

Radiation and Radioactivity

• Types: α, β, γ

• Exponential Decay Law

Professor Nacht’s lecture on: 

Elements of Nuclear Energy.

Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War.