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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>142140351X : HRD  $34.95 9781421403519 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Attn Michael Donatelli 2715 N Charles st, Baltimore, MD, USA, 21218, (410)5166900 SAN 202-7348 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011933021 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear physics -- Popular works.<br/>Nuclear physics-- Research -- History -- Popular works.<br/>Nuclear astrophysics -- Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC798   /  .N83 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>539.7