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UNISALENTO991001585059707536 |
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Nucleus : a trip into the heart of matter / Ray Mackintosh ... [et al.] ; foreword by Ben Mottelson |
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear physics-Popular works |
Nuclear physics-Research-History-Popular works |
Nuclear astrophysics-Popular works |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / Ben Mottelson - Introduction: Our world and its infinite variety - 1. The size of things: From the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus - 2. The discovery of nuclei: How a new world was revealed by radioactivity - 3. Particles or waves?: Strange laws at the heart of matter - 4. Measuring nuclei: Determining the shape and size of minute objects - 5. Strange nuclear material: The contents of a nucleus - 6. The nuclear landscape: The variety and abundance of nuclei - 7. Applications of nuclear physics: Interactions with everyday life - 8. Nuclear architecture: From hydrogen to neutron stars - 9. Cosmic furnaces: The stars and the birth of elements - 10. Our violent origin: Cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang. |
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