The atom in the history of human thought
By: by Bernard Pullman, late professor of quantum chemistry at Sorbonne ; translated by Axel Reisinger.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
Subjects: Atomic theory -- History
Description: The Idea of the Atom - The Ultimate essence of physical reality, indivisible and eternal - has been the focus of a quest that has engaged humanity for 2,500 years. That quest is captured in The Atom in the History of Human Thought.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-392) and index.