Hi @wellerstein, @ColdWarScience & anyone else smart, what is the history of the radiation warning sign? Is there a good write-up of it?
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Thanks! I do a riff on nuclear semiotics when I teach Normal Accidents and while it's fun to talk about glow-in-the-dark cats, it occurred to me the history of the rad symbol would be a bit more relatable.
Aside from the ORAU article (which might have been what I had in mind), this might also be useful, then —https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-symbol-launched-warn-public-about-radiation-dangers-0 …
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Also of note is the history of the biohazard symbol, which was developed very deliberately by contrast: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1722446
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