Published to accompany exhibition held at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 4/5 - 31/8 1997.

"The Nude in Contemporary Art" includes works by Tina Barney, Lisa Bartolozzi, Paul Cadmus, Chuck Close, John Coplans, Meg Cranston, John Currin, Jeanne Dunning, Karen Finley, Lucian Freud, John O'Reilly, Spencer Tuick and Lisa Yuskavage, ...

Mangano describes studies of baby teeth over the past half century, specifically the levels of man-made radiation from atomic bombs and nuclear reactors. He examines how these studies have been used to set nuclear policy.