Atomic Physics (Physics and Its Applications)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: May 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780412782800
Subjects: Atomic & molecular physics; Materials science; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); Science; Science/Mathematics; Nuclear Physics; Science / Nuclear Physics
First sentence: Although the Greek philosopher Democritus had postulated the existence of atoms in the first century BC and Dalton's atomic theory of 1807 laid the basis for modern chemistry, there was no direct evidence for the existence of atoms before the turn of the twentieth century.