Comments on: Review of ‘Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium’ by Lucy Jane Santos https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/ Writer, reader, blogger Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Round up of press for Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium - Lucy Jane Santos https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-7469 Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:44:57 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-7469 […] NS Ford – blog – link […]

]]> By: theorangutanlibrarian https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3671 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:23:38 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3671 In reply to nsford.

hahaha!! Yeah that’s true (I’m just being a massive pessimist lol!)

]]> By: nsford https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3666 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:53:46 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3666 In reply to theorangutanlibrarian.

Anything which glowed like that, was thought to make you glow with health 😉 It was even in toothpaste. Hmm that’s an interesting point, although we have better ways of getting evidence now.

]]> By: theorangutanlibrarian https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3659 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:08:29 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3659 Wow I’m genuinely surprised that people thought radiation was good for you! (makes me wonder what people think is good for them right now that isn’t…)

]]> By: nsford https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3656 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:34:04 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3656 In reply to Silver Screenings.

Well thank you very much – I do like variety! I would recommend checking this one out if the subject appeals to you.

]]> By: Silver Screenings https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3655 Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:14:20 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3655 You have wonderful, eclectic taste in books, and you’ve really piqued my interest in this one. Thanks!

]]> By: nsford https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3632 Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:26:14 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3632 In reply to Diana.

It’s really fascinating (in a grim sort of way) the dreadful substances that used to be part of people’s lives. I recommend Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams if you want to read about the history and use of various elements but not in an academic way. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Diana https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3629 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 21:57:45 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3629 Great review. I am interested in the history of radium (well, sort of), but have not found so far a non-fiction book on it that I instantly want to read. I think there is also The Radium Girls (2018) book out – and I was also interested in it for a while. Isn’t it shocking what kind of lives people lived in the past? – coming home to their apartments with arsenic-laden wallpapers to tuck in their quieten-down-through-opium babies so that they can relax and make arrangements to go to their radium baths? I am fantasying about timelines, but still – pretty unbelievable and, of course, advertising played a big role too.

]]> By: nsford https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3628 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:46:16 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3628 In reply to Jee Wan.

I’m interested in all kinds of things 🙂 This one stood out for me when I saw it on Netgalley. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Jee Wan https://nsfordwriter.com/half-lives-the-unlikely-history-of-radium-lucy-jane-santos/#comment-3627 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:54:58 +0000 http://nsfordwriter.com/?p=3194#comment-3627 Never thought radium would be a topic of interest to you 🙂 Great review as always, NS!

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