Why Smash Atoms.The Nature the Purpose,and Achievement of Nuclear Physics

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Vintage Pelican. #A141. Why Smash Atoms? in its Pelican/Penguin edition is A.K. Solomon’s lively, plain-spoken introduction to nuclear physics written for readers with no technical background. Solomon explains the structure of atoms, the behaviour of particles and the principles behind accelerators and early atomic research, showing why scientists “smash” atoms to uncover the building blocks of matter. He also touches on radioactivity, chain reactions and the emerging possibilities, and anxieties, of nuclear power in the mid-twentieth century. Clear, humorous and firmly rooted in its period, it remains a classic Pelican primer on the science that reshaped the modern world.

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Why Smash Atoms.The Nature the Purpose,and Achievement of Nuclear Physics
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Solomon, A K.
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