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Friday, 17 November 2006 01:00
A Radiation: is Radiation is Energy emitted in the form of electromagnetic waves. Radiation has differing characteristics depending upon the wavelength. Because the radiation from the sun is relatively energetic, solar radiation has a short wavelength (ultra-violet, visible, and near infrared). Energy radiated away from the Earth's surface and the atmosphere has a longer wavelength (e.g., infrared radiation) because the Earth is cooler than the sun.

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Elizabeth M. Bright, sitting in lab

by Smithsonian Institution

Description: Between 1918 and 1924, physiologist Elizabeth M. Bright, then affiliated with the Laboratory of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, worked on the effects of radiation, publishing in such journals as Journal of General Physiology and Journal of Physiology. Creator/Photographer: Julian Scott Medium: Black and white photographic print Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/Sear . . .

Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), c. 1935

by Smithsonian Institution

Creator: Science Service Subject: Joliot-Curie, Irène 1897-1956        Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Type: Black-and-white photographs Date: 1935 Topic: Physics      Women scientists      Nobel Prizes Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4487] Summary: This photograph was distributed to the press when physicist Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) was jointly a . . .

Marie Agnes Hinrichs (b. 1892)

by Smithsonian Institution

Subject: Hinrichs, Marie Agnes b.1892        University of Chicago        Rush Medical College        Southern Illinois University at Carbondale        University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) Type: Black-and-White Prints Topic: Women scientists      Radiation      Zoology L . . .

Portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934), Physicist

by Smithsonian Institution

Creator/Photographer: Transocean (Photographic company, Berlin) Medium: Medium unknown Date: Prior to 1934 Collection: Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology - As a supplement to the Dibner Library for the History of Science and Technology's collection of written works by scientists, engineers, natural philosophers, and i . . .
 

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