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iSBN 978-0-14-312127-5 $15.00 ($16.00 CAN)<br />

Science/Reference 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 224 pp. Rights: E00<br />

b/w illustrations throughout A <strong>Penguin</strong> Original<br />

Agent: The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency Audio: <strong>Penguin</strong><br />

On sale: 4/24/<strong>2012</strong><br />

SuGGeSTeD ORDeR<br />

Praise for Wayne Biddle’s A Field Guide<br />

to Germs:<br />

“ An engaging account of the merciless<br />

microbes among us.” —The Washington Post<br />

“ Biddle manages to make mayhem so<br />

interesting that we read on, avidly.”<br />

—Smithsonian Magazine<br />

“ An irreverent handbook for the<br />

microbe maniac.” —GQ<br />

A comprehensive and accessible guide to<br />

understanding how radiation affects our<br />

everyday lives<br />

A Field Guide<br />

to Radiation<br />

Wayne Biddle<br />

Nuclear energy, X-rays, radon, cell phones . . . radiation is part<br />

of the way we live on a daily basis, and yet the sources and<br />

repercussions of our exposure to it remain mysterious. Now<br />

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wayne Biddle offers a first-ofits-kind<br />

guide to understanding this fundamental aspect of the<br />

universe. From fallout to radiation poisoning, alpha particles to<br />

cosmic rays, Biddle illuminates the history, meaning, and health<br />

implications of one hundred scientific terms in succinct, witty<br />

essays. A Field Guide to Radiation is an essential, engaging<br />

handbook that offers wisdom and common sense for today’s<br />

increasingly nuclear world.<br />

n Wayne Biddle is a Pulitzer Prize–winning former New York Times journalist<br />

n Includes photos throughout<br />

n A Field Guide to Germs has been in print for more than 25 years<br />

n Also available as an e-book<br />

wAyne Biddle is the author of five books, including<br />

A Field Guide to Germs, winner of an American Medical Writers<br />

Association Award, and Dark Side of the Moon, which was<br />

selected as a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. He<br />

teaches at Johns Hopkins University and lives in rural Maryland.<br />

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