Unveiling the Microcosmos: Essays on Science and Technology: Essays on Science and Technology from the Royal Institution - Softcover

 
9780198559375: Unveiling the Microcosmos: Essays on Science and Technology: Essays on Science and Technology from the Royal Institution
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198559372 ISBN 13: 9780198559375
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 1996

Synopsis

What is the smallest thing we can see? The fundamental limit on the size of an object that can be visualized with a light microscope is typically about half a micrometre. In this book of articles based on recent Evening Discourses at the Royal Institution, Akira Tonomura explains how electron waves can be harnessed to unveil the hitherto invisible microcosmos. Elsewhere in this volume Lewis Wolpert writes on the unnatural nature of Science, Harold Kroto retells the events leading to the discovery of buckminsterfullerene, and Tony Benn discusses science and political power. These and other essays are authoritative and accessible summaries of current thinking in many areas of science and technology.

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About the Author


Peter Day is Director and Resident Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, London.

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198559372
ISBN 13 
9780198559375
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
182
Editor
Day P.