Module developed by Joseph Baron, Marvin Blevins, and Barbara Sawrey, the
               California team.
        American Chemical Society. (1993). Nuclear chemistry in our world. ChemCom. Kendall/
               Hunt Publishing, pp. 270-337.
               An excellent source of material for this topic.
        Cline, B. (1989). The men who made the new physics. University of Chicago Press.
               This is an easy-to-read historical and personal overview of the chemistry and
               physics that led to the atomic age. Good level for students.
        Gamow, G. (1985). Thirty years that shook physics. New York: Dover Publications.
        Journal of Chemical Education. (1989). 66, 362-393.
               This issue devoted space to seven articles about the history of nuclear fission,
               the atomic bomb, and using nuclear chemistry in the curriculum.
        Tausta, J. (1989, February). Shrouded in mystery. ChemMatters, 8-11.
               An article specifically for high school students in which C-14 dating of the
               Shroud of Turin is discussed.
        Zuror, P. (1986, May 5). Food irradiation. Chemical & Engineering News, 64 (18), 46-56.
               Discusses the how and why of food irradiation.

        Other written information for educators can be obtained from:

        The Nucleus, Inc., 761 Emory Valley Road, P.O. Box 2561, Oak Ridge, TN
               37830-2561.
        To join the American Nuclear Science Teachers Association, write:
               American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL
               60525.
 
 

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