"[I]nvestigates the quest to identify the smallest, most fundamental constituents of matter--and how that quest helps us to understand what everything is made of and how it all works. Challoner covers a wide range of topics--including the development of scientific thinking about atoms and the b...

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1. Verfasser:	Challoner, Jack (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2018
Ausgabe:	MIT Press edition
Schlagworte:	Atom Mikropartikel Atoms / Popular works Atoms / Pictorial works Particles (Nuclear physics) / Popular works Particles (Nuclear physics) / Pictorial works SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular Atoms Particles (Nuclear physics) Science Pictorial works Popular works Einführung Bildband
Zusammenfassung:	"[I]nvestigates the quest to identify the smallest, most fundamental constituents of matter--and how that quest helps us to understand what everything is made of and how it all works. Challoner covers a wide range of topics--including the development of scientific thinking about atoms and the basic structure of atoms; how atomic interactions account for the familiar properties of everyday materials; the power of the atomic nucleus; and what the mysterious quantum realm of subatomic particles can tell us about the very nature of reality. Illustrated in color throughout, [this book] offers clear answers to questions we have all pondered, as well as some we have never even dreamed of. It describes the amazing discoveries scientists have made about the fundamental building blocks of matter--from quarks to nuclear fission to the 'God particle'--and explains them accessibly and concisely. The Atom is the engaging and straightforward introduction to the topic that we didn't get in school"--Page 4 of cover
Beschreibung:	192 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:	9780262037365 026203736X