TY - BOOK AU - Mackintosh, Ray. AU - Al-Khalili,Jim AU - Jonson,Bjorn AU - Pena,Teresa TI - Nucleus: a trip into the heart of matter SN - 9781845861315 (hkb.) U1 - 539.7 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Dundee, UK. PB - Dundee University Press KW - Nuclear physics KW - Popular works KW - Research KW - History KW - Nuclear astrophysics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2011933021-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2011933021-d.html ER -