The chain reaction
Subtitle: pioneers of nuclear science
By: Karen Fox.
Series: Lives in science
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Nuclear physicists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Nuclear physics -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Nuclear physicists.; Nuclear physics.
Description: Profiles seven people--including Marie Curie, Enrico Fermi, Robert Oppenheimer, and Andrei Sakharov--whose study of the atom has shaped the field of nuclear science during this century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.