Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

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Close, Frank

 
9780198718635: Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198718632 ISBN 13: 9780198718635
Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2015

Synopsis

Exploring key concepts, Frank Close shows how nuclear physics brings the physics of the stars to Earth

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About the Author

Frank Close is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College. He was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and Head of Communications and Public Education at CERN. He is the author of several books, including the best-selling Lucifer's Legacy (OUP, 2000), and was the winner of the Kelvin Medal of the Institute of Physics for his 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding of physics'. His other books include The Cosmic Onion (1983), The Particle Explosion (1987), End (1988), Too Hot to Handle (1991), and The Particle Odyssey (OUP, 2002). In 2013 Professor Close was awarded the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for Communication of Science.

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Publisher
OUP Oxford
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0198718632
ISBN 13 
9780198718635
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
144