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The Atom: A Visual Tour (The MIT Press) by Challoner, Jack [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-10026203736X

ISBN-139780262037365

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038283436

Product Key Features

Book TitleAtom : a Visual Tour

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicPhysics / Atomic & Molecular, Physics / Nuclear, Chemistry / General

IllustratorYes

GenreScience

AuthorJack Challoner

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight30.5 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-933681

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsA delightful read for those seeking to learn how chemistry and physics have so rapidly evolved over the last 200 years.-- New York Journal of Books -- An engaging and visually appealing overview of physics and chemistry -- Forbes --

Dewey Decimal539.7

SynopsisAn accessible and engaging guide to the atom, the smallest, most fundamental constituent of matter. Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom at center stage. The Atom investigates the quest to identify the smallest, most fundamental constituents of matter--and how that quest helps us to understand what everything is made of and how it all works. Challoner covers a wide range of topics--including the development of scientific thinking about atoms and the basic structure of atoms; how atomic interactions account for the familiar properties of everyday materials; the power of the atomic nucleus; and what the mysterious quantum realm of subatomic particles can tell us about the very nature of reality. Illustrated in color throughout, The Atom offers clear answers to questions we have all pondered, as well as some we have never even dreamed of. It describes the amazing discoveries scientists have made about the fundamental building blocks of matter--from quarks to nuclear fission to the "God particle"--and explains them accessibly and concisely. The Atom is the engaging and straightforward introduction to the topic that we didn't get in school.

LC Classification NumberQC793.2.C43 2018