Books by Kate Moore
“They did very technical painting with radium, which glowed, so was important for seeing in the dark—also for instrument dials in wartime. The painters, all women, would shape the brushes using their lips; it was called lip painting. That exposed the painters to radium, which was the material in the paint. Radium was used in medicines, and there was a thought among the people who worked there that it was good for you. But then they started experiencing severe poisoning.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Kate Moore were recommended
-
1
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
by Sam Kean -
2
The Story of N: A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability
by Hugh Gorman -
3
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
by Kate Moore -
4
Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes
by Julie Klinger -
5
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
by Ainissa Ramirez
Best Books on the Periodic Table, recommended by Henrik Selin & Noelle Eckley Selin
Best Books on the Periodic Table, recommended by Henrik Selin & Noelle Eckley Selin
The periodic table of the elements has been described as “one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind”. Here, Noelle Eckley Selin of MIT and Henrik Selin of Boston University talk us through some of their favourite books about various chemical elements and explain why they’re vital to understanding the world around us.
