The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation

Adafruit Industries spotted this fantastic book from 1964. There's one available on ABE.com for $7, but probably not for long.

[#1 posted by Cicada, August 11, 2009 10:00 PM]

I wonder what the differences between this and the guide for unintelligent women would be.

[#2 posted by pho queen, August 11, 2009 10:43 PM]

i'd buy it for the cover art. but really, its just a bridget riley rip off, or at least highly inspired by bridget riley.

[#3 posted by IWood, August 11, 2009 10:47 PM]

I carry all knowledge of atomic radiation in my penis. Therefore! I do not need this book.








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[#4 posted by schmod, August 11, 2009 11:03 PM]

Could this have been part of a series?

[#5 posted by Anonymous, August 11, 2009 11:19 PM]

I immediately saw the cover illustration as a woman's breast and the guide to radiation, well...I haven't looked it up to see what it's really about. I guess the title and the illustration was like a Rorschach tet for me.

[#6 posted by Anonymous, August 12, 2009 12:38 AM]

this cover art exists (in slightly modified form) for another penguin book with radiation in the title. i don't know the name off-hand, but it shouldn't be hard to turn up.

[#7 posted by Brother Provisional, August 12, 2009 1:33 AM]

Great cover art.

[#8 posted by jennygg, August 12, 2009 2:35 AM]

The unintelligent woman's guide would be the one for men!

[#9 posted by Cicada, August 12, 2009 2:39 AM]

@#7- Yeah, that dumbass Heisenberg couldn't even figure out how to solve for Psi...

[#10 posted by Lobster, August 12, 2009 6:07 AM]

I'd be more impressed if Marie Curie wrote this.

[#11 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden, August 12, 2009 6:53 AM]

Or Rosalyn Yalow.

[#12 posted by teleny, August 12, 2009 8:33 AM]

It probably deals with the fact that in 1959, radioactivity from above-ground testing fallout was increasingly being found in dairy and breast milk. Odd to think that a certain birth cohort will bear on their bones, long after they're dead, a radioactive "tattoo" telling the world that they were born in the late 50's....

[#13 posted by IWood, August 12, 2009 8:57 AM]

About Margot Bennett.

She was a crime writer, and also wrote for television in the 60s. The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Atomic Radiation was one of the last books she published.

Obviously, she knew too much.

[#14 posted by Big Z, August 12, 2009 10:41 AM]

#5

It's either
Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

[#15 posted by Anonymous, August 12, 2009 10:45 AM]

Just an FYI - Two copies of this book can still be found on BookFinder.com for about the same price.

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=Bennett%2C+Margot&title=The+Intelligent+Woman's+Guide+to+Atomic+Radiation&lang=en&st=xl&ac=qr

[#16 posted by Big Z, August 12, 2009 10:56 AM]

I posted for #5

It's either

Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

[#17 posted by Big Z, August 12, 2009 10:57 AM]

#5

It's either
Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

[#18 posted by hisdevineshadow, August 12, 2009 1:35 PM]

Alert Carrie McLaren, she obviously needs it.

[#19 posted by jhorsager, September 7, 2009 1:25 PM]

I'm currently working on the screenplay adaption of this book. I smell Oscar...