Nucleus
Subtitle: a trip into the heart of matter
By: Ray Mackintosh ... [et al.].
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781421403519
Subjects: Nuclear physics; Research; Popular works; Nuclear astrophysics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : our world and its infinite variety; title: The size of things : from the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus; title: The discovery of nuclei : how a new world was revealed by radioactivity; title: Particles or waves? : strange laws at the heart of matter; title: Measuring nuclei : determining the shape and size of minute objects; title: Strange nuclear material : the contents of a nucleus; title: The nuclear landscape : the variety and abundance of nuclei; title: Applications of nuclear physics : interactions with everyday life; title: Nuclear architecture : from hydrogen to neutron stars; title: Cosmic furnaces : the stars and the birth of elements; title: Our violent origin : cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang.