1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454158303321

Titolo

Nuclear power and the public [[electronic resource] /] / Harry Foreman, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [1970]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ForemanHarry <1915->

Disciplina

621.48/3

Soggetti

Nuclear power plants - Environmental aspects

Radioactivity - Physiological effect

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based upon a symposium held at the University of Minnesota, Oct. 10-11, 1969.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT REACTORS; DISCUSSION OF BRAY'S PAPER; ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SITING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: The Problem of Long-Term Biotic Effects; THE REGULATION OF MAN-MADE RADIATION IN THE BIOSPHERE; EFFECTS OF HEATED WATER FROM NUCLEAR PLANTS ON AQUATIC LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE; STANDARDS OF RADIATION PROTECTION AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 86; EVALUATION OF HEALTH HAZARDS TO THE PUBLIC ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATIONS

DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 105THE RISK BENEFIT CALCULUS IN NUCLEAR POWER LICENSING; FEDERAL PREEMPTION OF REGULATION OF RELEASES OF RADIONUCLIDES FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: A Legal History and Rationale; POLICIES AFFECTING THE ENERGY NEEDS OF SOCIETY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY RESOURCES; NUCLEAR POWER: Benefits and Risks; NUCLEAR POWER: Benefits and Risks; DISCUSSION OF PAPERS BETWEEN PAGES 3 AND 238; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTICIPANTS; INDEX



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158962403321

Autore

Hunt Ailsa

Titolo

Reviving Roman religion : sacred trees in the Roman world / / Ailsa Hunt [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2016

ISBN

1-316-77186-5

1-316-81100-X

1-316-81109-3

1-316-81118-2

1-316-81127-1

1-316-81154-9

1-316-81145-X

1-316-59785-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge classical studies

Disciplina

292.2/12

Soggetti

Trees - Religious aspects

Rome Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Sep 2016).

Nota di contenuto

Rooting in: why give time to sacred trees? -- A brief history of tree-thinking: the enduring power of animism -- How arboreal matter matters: rethinking sacrality through trees -- Arboriculture and arboreal deaths: rethinking sacrality again -- Confronting arboreal agency: reading the divine in arboreal behaviour -- Imagining the gods: how trees flesh out the identity of the divine -- Branching out: what sacred trees mean for Roman religion.

Sommario/riassunto

Sacred trees are easy to dismiss as a simplistic, weird phenomenon, but this book argues that in fact they prompted sophisticated theological thinking in the Roman world. Challenging major aspects of current scholarly constructions of Roman religion, Ailsa Hunt rethinks what sacrality means in Roman culture, proposing an organic model which defies the current legalistic approach. She approaches Roman religion as a 'thinking' religion (in contrast to the ingrained idea of Roman



religion as orthopraxy) and warns against writing the environment out of our understanding of Roman religion, as has happened to date. In addition, the individual trees showcased in this book have much to tell us which enriches and thickens our portraits of Roman religion, be it about the subtleties of engaging in imperial cult, the meaning of numen, the interpretation of portents, or the way statues of the Divine communicate.