Nuclear physics /
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist offers a fascinating popular introduction to nuclear physics from early atomic theory to its transformative applications. Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg is famous for developing the uncertainty principle, which bears his name, and for his pioneering work in...
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| Language: | English German |
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Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. : Philosophical Library,
2019
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; 1. ATOMIC THEORY, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; I. MATTER AND ATOMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANTIQUITY; II. MODERN ATOMIC THEORY, UP TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 2. MOLECULES AND ATOMS; I. MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; II. RUTHERFORD'S ATOM MODEL; III. THE PERIODIC SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS; 3. RADIOACTIVITY AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE NUCLEUS; I. RADIOACTIVITY; II. ARTIFICIAL NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATIONS; III. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ATOMIC NUCLEI; 4. THE NORMAL STATES OF ATOMIC NUCLEI; I. THE BINDING ENERGY OF THE NUCLEI
- II. NUCLEAR STRUCTUREIII. THE THREE TYPES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY; 5. THE NUCLEAR FORCES; I. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEAR FIELD; II. THE NUCLEAR FORCES AS EXCHANGE FORCES; III. THE SATURATION OF NUCLEAR FORCES; IV. THE STABILITY OF NUCLEI; 6. THE NUCLEAR REACTIONS; I. ALPHA RADIATION; II. THE BETA EMITTERS; III. OTHER TYPES OF SPONTANEOUS NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATION; IV. ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATIONS; 7. THE TOOLS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS; I. THE METHODS OF DETECTION AND OBSERVATION; II. THE PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCING NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATION; 8. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS
- I. THE EXPLOITATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY FOR USEFUL PURPOSESII. URANIUM FISSION AND CHAIN REACTION; III. THE URANIUM REACTOR; IV. ENNOBLEMENT OF MATTER BY NUCLEAR REACTIONS; V. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS TRACERS; VI. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CHEMISTRY; VII. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY; VIII. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN MEDICINE; IX. THE USE OF STABLE ISOTOPES; APPENDIX
- RESEARCH IN GERMANY ON THE TECHNICAL APPLICATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY; TABLES; LITERATURE ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS; Notes; Copyright Page
