Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
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Descrizione fisica |
143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
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Disciplina |
539.7
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Altri autori (Persone) |
Mackintosh, Rayauthor
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Soggetto topico |
Nuclear physics-Popular works
Nuclear physics-Research-History-Popular works
Nuclear astrophysics-Popular works
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ISBN |
0801868602
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Classificazione |
LC QC778
53.4.1
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
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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Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001585059707536 |