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Members of the ETH Alumni Association are entitled to a 20% discount on all publishing services at vdf Hochschulverlag AG.
Members of the ETH Alumni Association are entitled to a 20% discount on all publishing services at vdf Hochschulverlag AG.
Book recommendation March 2023
Physics against cancer
Modern proton therapy is saving the lives of more and more children and adults with difficult-to-treat cancers. The spectacular rise of proton therapy might never have happened if it were not for the pioneering work of the Paul Scherrer Institute – a Swiss centre founded to explore physics and the nature of matter, but which turned its understanding of basic science into applications that would benefit mankind.
Damien Weber, Simon Crompton: Physics against cancer. How the Paul Scherrer Institute pioneered modern proton therapy.
2023, 218 pages, CHF 29.–, ISBN 978-3-7281-4136-1, also available as e-book (open access). vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich.
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