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Man, in all cultures, has worshipped radiation. The most stirring words ever written are the words used in Genesis to describe the Creator focusing His Will that there be light, Now, approximately twenty billion years later, that initial flash of light has cooled to approximately 4°K, but still retains all of its mystery.

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Schimmerling, W. (1980). New Sources of Radiation. In: Thomas, R.H., Perez-Mendez, V. (eds) Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1715-0_12

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