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INDEX 



Frequency of light waves, 52 

 Friction coefficient, 90 



Gamma globulin, 77 

 Gamma rays, 90 



Half-life, 99, 100 

 Hearing, 46-51 

 Helieotrema, 48, 51 

 Hyperchromic effect, 56, 57 



Inactivation spectrum, 64 

 Infrared light, 106 

 Insulators, 52 

 Interference, 46 

 Internal conversion, 53, 54 

 Ion clusters, 112 

 Ionizing radiation, 106-118 

 Ions, 28-30, 32-35, 107 

 Isotopes, 87, 99-105 



Least-squares line, 20-24 

 Least-squares principle, 3, 20 

 Light absorption, 52-65, 79, 106 

 Light scattering, 78, 79 

 Linear energy transfer, 108-110 



Measurements^ 1-24 



independent, 13, 18, 19 

 Membrane vibrations, 49-51 

 Metals, 30, 52 



Molecular weight, 10, 75, 82-85, 91, 92 

 Multiplicity reactivation, 118 

 Multitarget analysis, 113-116 

 Muscle, 66-74 



bands, 59, 60, 71-73 



heats, 70 



Hill's equation, 68 



smooth, 70, 71 



striated, 70, 71 

 Mutations, 14-16, 117, 118 

 Myosin, 71, 73 



Nerves, 41, 46-51 



transmission speeds of, 46, 47 

 Neural sharpening, 40 

 Nucleic acids, 56, 57, 60, 64, 79, 87-90, 

 102-105, 112 



Ommatidia, 1 1 



( Jptical density, 56, 57 



Phase, 52, 58 

 Phase problem, 96, 97 

 Phosphorescence, 53, 51 

 Phosphorus-32 decay, 103 105 



Photochemistry, 53 



Photons, 39, 40, 52, 54, 55, 61-63 



Photoreactivation, 118 



Photosynthetic activity, 61, 62, 64 



Pigment, 61-63 



Poisson distribution, 9, 10, 17, 41, 43, 44 



zero class, 9, 10, 55, 100, 110, 114 

 Polarized light, 58-60 

 Probability, 40, 55 

 Proteins, 64, 79, 101, 102 



Quanta, 52 



Quantum physics, 25, 27, 29-31 



Radioactivity, 99-105 

 Radioautography, 102 

 Radiobiology, 106-118 

 Radiosensitive volume, 109-112 

 Red blood cells, 102 

 Refraction, 57, 58 

 Replication, 87-89 

 Resolution, 44, 45 

 Resonance, 31, 32 

 Retina, 39, 40, 43-45 

 Rods, 39, 40, 44 

 Roentgen, 111 



Sedimentation, 10, 76, 83-86, 90-92 



coefficient, 91, 92 



equilibrium, 85 



velocity, 85, 90-92 

 Solutions, 33-35 

 Sound, 46 

 Standing waves, 49 

 Specific activity, 100 

 Spectrophotometers, 79 

 Stapes, 51 

 Student's t-test, 13 

 Suicide, 104, 105 

 Svedberg, 92 

 Synapse, 46, 47 



Thermal equilibrium, 80 

 Tracers, 101-103 



Ultraviolet light, 63, 64, 79, 106, 117, 118 



Variance, 4, 7, 12-16 

 Viruses, 71, 82, 103 105, 112 

 Vision, 39 45 

 Volley principle, 51 



Waves, 46 52 



X-ray diffraction, 72, 92-98 

 X-rays, 79, 100, 100, 111, 115-118 



