Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus A Sixty Year Journey 1896 — 1956
Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus tells the story of how, in the span of barely sixty years, we made a transition from the belief that matter was composed of indivisible atoms, to the discovery that in the heart of each atom lies a nucleus which is ten thousand times smaller than the ato...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Radioactivity, the First Puzzles
- A Nucleus at the Heart of The Atom
- Quantum Mechanics, the Unavoidable Path
- A Timid Infancy
- 1930-1940 : A Dazzling Development
- The Upheavals of the Second World War
- The Time of Maturity
- Where the Narrative Ends