Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Close, Frank

ISBN 10: 0198718632 / ISBN 13: 9780198718635

Published by OUP Oxford, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198718632
• ISBN 13: 9780198718635
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

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Synopsis

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

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.