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Somebody explain background radiation to me by SnappingTurtle 2004-10-21 14:37:37
There's this thing called "radiation": radioactive stuff emits it. Got it. Too much of it is bad. Got it. However, there's always some radiation around. That's called "background radiation". Got it.

That's all I got... if indeed I was even accurate so far.

  • What is radiation? I mean, what's hitting my cells that might cause bad things to happen?
  • Is there just one form of background radiation?
  • Who's measuring this background radiation? Do they keep timed plots of it?
I ain't Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy, happily spending years delving into volumes of technical details to give my story that authentic feeling. I'm just a part time science fiction hack trying to hack my way through my first novel. Somebody help a hack out and explain this stuff to me in words of one syllable or less.

[ Reply ]
  Back ground radiation is cosmicly speaking by joecrouse2004-10-21 14:42:13
    Cosmic waves? by SnappingTurtle2004-10-21 14:44:13
      So long as they're not... by moongoddess2004-10-21 14:46:20
        Now that you mention it, there is some similarity by SnappingTurtle2004-10-21 14:53:11
          Nope... probably a fatal sunburn though... (n/t) by moongoddess2004-10-21 14:55:02
      cosmic waves dictionary definition by joecrouse2004-10-21 14:50:50
      Very concisely: by Pic2004-10-21 14:53:49
    Background radiation isn't big bang noise by Arachnid2004-10-21 14:54:32
      Apparently there are some remnants by Pic2004-10-21 15:00:45
        Corn chips in the carpet, underwear on the lamps.. by SnappingTurtle2004-10-21 15:04:44
          Well by Pic2004-10-21 15:14:31
    Actually, the "Big Bang leftovers" by zelda2006-11-19 12:55:59
      actualy when a cosmologist refers to by joecrouse2004-10-21 20:16:11
  Radiation is just radiated energy. by LionsPhil2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Physics 101: by Pic2004-10-21 14:47:50
    "gamma radiation" by moongoddess2004-10-21 14:53:55
  OK by astro-g2004-10-21 14:56:16
  Radiation by rollingrock2004-10-21 14:58:36
  Thanks everyone! by SnappingTurtle2004-10-21 15:02:15
    Hey ST, break a leg... by moongoddess2004-10-21 15:04:25
      Fractured limbs to you too! by SnappingTurtle2004-10-21 15:05:53
        Give it time, let it flow, edit later (n/t) by moongoddess2004-10-21 15:06:32
    And if you want more info by Pic2004-10-21 15:06:14
      yea right by joecrouse2004-10-21 20:20:17
  As I understand it... by MaW2004-10-21 15:07:31
  Quick and dirty: by BloodyViking2004-10-21 15:40:20
  Sorry Snapp i thought you wanted the cosmic by joecrouse2004-10-21 20:25:04

 

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