Nucleus : a trip into the heart of matter /
Nucleus : a trip into the heart of matter /
Ray Mackintosh ... [et al.].
- 2nd ed.
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
- 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes.
Introduction : our world and its infinite variety -- The size of things : from the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus -- The discovery of nuclei : how a new world was revealed by radioactivity -- Particles or waves? : strange laws at the heart of matter -- Measuring nuclei : determining the shape and size of minute objects -- Strange nuclear material : the contents of a nucleus -- The nuclear landscape : the variety and abundance of nuclei -- Applications of nuclear physics : interactions with everyday life -- Nuclear architecture : from hydrogen to neutron stars -- Cosmic furnaces : the stars and the birth of elements -- Our violent origin : cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang.
142140351X : HRD $34.95 9781421403519
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Nuclear physics -- Popular works.
Nuclear physics-- Research -- History -- Popular works.
Nuclear astrophysics -- Popular works.
QC798 / .N83 2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes.
Introduction : our world and its infinite variety -- The size of things : from the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus -- The discovery of nuclei : how a new world was revealed by radioactivity -- Particles or waves? : strange laws at the heart of matter -- Measuring nuclei : determining the shape and size of minute objects -- Strange nuclear material : the contents of a nucleus -- The nuclear landscape : the variety and abundance of nuclei -- Applications of nuclear physics : interactions with everyday life -- Nuclear architecture : from hydrogen to neutron stars -- Cosmic furnaces : the stars and the birth of elements -- Our violent origin : cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang.
142140351X : HRD $34.95 9781421403519
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Attn Michael Donatelli 2715 N Charles st, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21218, (410)5166900 SAN 202-7348
2011933021
Nuclear physics -- Popular works.
Nuclear physics-- Research -- History -- Popular works.
Nuclear astrophysics -- Popular works.
QC798 / .N83 2011
539.7