Mackintosh, Ray. <br/><br/>
Nucleus :  a trip into the heart of matter / 
Ray Mackintosh, Jim Al-Khalili, Bjorn Jonson and Teresa Pena. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Dundee, UK. :  Dundee University Press,  2011. 
 - 143 p. ;  ill. (some col.) ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 132) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845861315 (hkb.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011933021 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nuclear physics--Popular works.<br/>Nuclear physics--Research--History--Popular works.<br/>Nuclear astrophysics--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>539.7  / MAK