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Nucleus : a trip into the heart of matter / Ray Mackintosh, Jim Al-Khalili, Bjorn Jonson and Teresa Pena.

By: Mackintosh, RayContributor(s): Al-Khalili, Jim | Jonson, Bjorn | Pena, TeresaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Dundee, UK. : Dundee University Press, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 143 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN: 9781845861315 (hkb.)Subject(s): Nuclear physics -- Popular works | Nuclear physics -- Research -- History -- Popular works | Nuclear astrophysics -- Popular worksDDC classification: 539.7 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
Introduction : our world and its infinite variety -- The size of things : from the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus -- The discovery of nuclei : how a new world was revealed by radioactivity -- Particles or waves? : strange laws at the heart of matter -- Measuring nuclei : determining the shape and size of minute objects -- Strange nuclear material : the contents of a nucleus -- The nuclear landscape : the variety and abundance of nuclei -- Applications of nuclear physics : interactions with everyday life -- Nuclear architecture : from hydrogen to neutron stars -- Cosmic furnaces : the stars and the birth of elements -- Our violent origin : cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes.

Introduction : our world and its infinite variety -- The size of things : from the immensity of space to the invisible world of the nucleus -- The discovery of nuclei : how a new world was revealed by radioactivity -- Particles or waves? : strange laws at the heart of matter -- Measuring nuclei : determining the shape and size of minute objects -- Strange nuclear material : the contents of a nucleus -- The nuclear landscape : the variety and abundance of nuclei -- Applications of nuclear physics : interactions with everyday life -- Nuclear architecture : from hydrogen to neutron stars -- Cosmic furnaces : the stars and the birth of elements -- Our violent origin : cosmology and the nuclear processes in the Big Bang.

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