Junior Library Guild Selection
National Science Teachers Association, Outstanding Science Trade Books For Children
New York Public Library list,Books for the
Teen Age
The author, rather than merely producing a litany of experiments and milestones, recounts this scientific history through human stories, which makes for fascinating reading. A glossary, Web sites, a list of further readings, and a selected bibliogrpahy are appended.
Booklist
McClafferty's chronicling of examples of the uses and abuses and "schemes and dreams" of the discovery, as well as the delayed realization of its dangers, makes for interesting reading . . . Black-and-white archival photos appear on nearly every page with engrossing documented expanations. Art applications through current medical and industrial uses, along with a nod at future possiblilities, are also discussed. Students will applaud this book . . .
School Library Journal
