[ RadSafe ] Hiroshima Syndrome exposed as subtlebutsignificantwidespread psychosis predicated on fictions!

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

Sadly, a fair portion of our problem stems from people who actually knew
better; the science fiction authors of the 1950s and 60s.  Asimov,
Heinlein, Anderson, Bradbury, and Norton all wrote stories about
post-apocalypse, radiation-drenched worlds filled with mutants.  And
those are the good ones; the people writing the "B" movies and pulp
magazines were even worse.  The only top-tier SF author I can think of
who didn't go for the cheap radiation storyline was Clarke.  

Sadly, it seems like many people get tired halfway through reading the
phrase "Science Fiction", and the "fiction" part doesn't register.  And
as exciting stories about heroes with psychic powers battling deformed,
bloodthirsty mutants are more interesting that dry reports saying
radiation exposure at Hiroshima an Nagasaki may have caused a lower
birth-weight, it's easy to see where a lot of people got their
information from.  

Extrapolating to modern fiction, it seems likely within the near future
Emergency Response Plans for a variety of facilities will have to
include sections on dealing with vampire attacks and sudden outbreaks of
zombies.     

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Dan W McCarn
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 9:21 PM
To: 'The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics)
MailingList'
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Hiroshima Syndrome exposed as
subtlebutsignificantwidespread psychosis predicated on fictions!

Dear Ahmad & Franz:

I grew-up reading George Gamow's brilliant "Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland"
and
"Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom".  My copies have my early artistic
attempts
in crayon.  My dad placed them on the bedside table when I was 6 or 7
years
old.  I must have read those books 100 times!

"Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers
(since
his first appearance over seventy years ago) as the bank clerk whose
fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom.
George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central
concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and
quantum
theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's new foreword introduces Mr
Tompkins to a new generation of readers, and reviews his adventures in
the
light of current developments in physics today."

They make dandy Winter Solstice presents!

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/tompkins.pdf

I gave my daughters copies of these great books when they were old
enough to
read!

Dan ii

P.S. Franz - Did the Krampus come to Vienna yesterday?  Did you get a
lump
of coal?

--
Dan W McCarn, Geologist
108 Sherwood Blvd
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3425
+1-505-672-2014 (Home - New Mexico)
+1-505-670-8123 (Mobile - New Mexico)
HotGreenChile at gmail.com (Private email) HotGreenChile at gmail dot com




-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Ahmad Al-Ani
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 21:18
To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu; franz.schoenhofer at chello.at
Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Hiroshima Syndrome exposed as subtle
butsignificantwidespread psychosis predicated on fictions!

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 12:26 AM  J. Marshall Reber wrote:

"Much of the anti nuclear power sentiments are successfully promulgated
because of the lack of scientific input in the education of many
youngsters"

Eloquently said indeed, particularly when the issue is put for public
voting
these days. A vote is a vote, and we, the "Know It All" people, are not
that
many to tip the voting results one way or another.

We, again the "Know it All'ers", have failed miserably in simplifying
the
facts about anything radiation and nuclear, so that the topic becomes a
public knowledge, enough to gain an educated vote, rather than keeping
the
science for experts only. 

Unfortunately, we inherited a bad habit of keeping things for ourselves,
as
most of the work done by the  nuclear pioneers was in clandestine
nuclear
projects, Manhattan to name the "worst" example.


Ahmad Al-Ani
Radiation Physicist

>
>On Dec 6, 2011, at 3:17 PM, <franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:
>
>> j, Marshall Reber, 
>> 
>> I would have believed that RADSAFE is a scientific platform for
scientific professionals.
>
>Franz, indeed that is so.  My impression is that much of the anti
nuclear
power sentiments are successfully promulgated because of the lack of
scientific input in the education of many youngsters.  Much of this is
due
to misdirected governmental influences as discussed by Leslie Corrice,
whose
experiences as he discusses are primarily in the U.S.  My hope is that
scientific professionals would be more vocal, not within Radsafe, but
within
lay persons' venues, after contemplating Leslie Corrice's presentations.
>
>J. Marshall Reber, ScD
>165 Berkeley St.
>Methuen MA 01844
>
>Tel/Fax: 978-683-6540
>Alternate Email: reber at alum.mit.edu
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
>
>Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood
the
RadSafe rules. These can be found at:
http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
>
>For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings
visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu

_______________________________________________
You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list

Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood
the
RadSafe rules. These can be found at:
http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html

For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings
visit:
http://health.phys.iit.edu

_______________________________________________
You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list

Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood
the RadSafe rules. These can be found at:
http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html

For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings
visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu