Comments on: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 01:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564285 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564285 I wonder what the differences between this and the guide for unintelligent women would be. I wonder what the differences between this and the guide for unintelligent women would be.

]]> By: teleny http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564541 teleny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564541 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.... 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….

]]> By: pho queen http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564299 pho queen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564299 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. 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.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564303 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564303 I carry all knowledge of atomic radiation in my penis. Therefore! I do not need this book. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=MARGOT%20BENNETT">also</a>) I carry all knowledge of atomic radiation in my penis. Therefore! I do not need this book.

(also)

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564560 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564560 About <a href="http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/2008/03/mystery-of-margot-bennett.html">Margot Bennett</a>. She was a crime writer, and also wrote for television in the 60s. <i>The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Atomic Radiation</i> was one of the last books she published. Obviously, she knew too much. 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.

]]> By: schmod http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564311 schmod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564311 Could this have been part of a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ys13gZliXFAC&dq=an+intelligent+woman%27s+guide+to+radiation&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=_lqCSpehKNeutge43KXRCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11#v=onepage&q=&f=false">series</a>? Could this have been part of a series?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564317 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564317 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. 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.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564339 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564339 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. 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.

]]> By: Brother Provisional http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564351 Brother Provisional Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564351 Great cover art. Great cover art.

]]> By: jennygg http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564366 jennygg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564366 The unintelligent woman's guide would be the one for men! The unintelligent woman’s guide would be the one for men!

]]> By: Cicada http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564368 Cicada Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564368 @#7- Yeah, that dumbass Heisenberg couldn't even figure out how to solve for Psi... @#7- Yeah, that dumbass Heisenberg couldn’t even figure out how to solve for Psi…

]]> By: Big Z http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564670 Big Z Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564670 #5 It's either Rorschach test or Rorschach teat #5

It’s either
Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

]]> By: jhorsager http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-582594 jhorsager Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-582594 I'm currently working on the screenplay adaption of this book. I smell Oscar... I’m currently working on the screenplay adaption of this book. I smell Oscar…

]]> By: hisdevineshadow http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564933 hisdevineshadow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564933 Alert Carrie McLaren, she obviously needs it. Alert Carrie McLaren, she obviously needs it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564679 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564679 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 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

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564427 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564427 I'd be more impressed if Marie Curie wrote this. I’d be more impressed if Marie Curie wrote this.

]]> By: Big Z http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564699 Big Z Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564699 I posted for #5 It's either Rorschach test or Rorschach teat I posted for #5

It’s either

Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

]]> By: Big Z http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564702 Big Z Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564702 #5 It's either Rorschach test or Rorschach teat #5

It’s either
Rorschach test
or
Rorschach teat

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/the-intelligent-woma.html#comment-564462 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-564462 Or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalyn_Sussman_Yalow">Rosalyn Yalow</a>. Or Rosalyn Yalow.

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