Understanding Physics: Volume 3: Electron, Proton, and Neutron

Isaac Asimov

ISBN 10: 0451618025 / ISBN 13: 9780451618023

Published by Signet, 1969

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Synopsis:

Isaac Asimov's Understanding Physics is an extensive three-volume survey of the subject, but it is not a formal textbook.It is, rather, an informal, even anecdotal enquiry into this central branch of science. Its purpose is to communicate in a lively, readable manner the basic principles of physics; the author's chief tools are the english language, of which he is a master, and his well-established ability to transform even the most complicated concepts into clear, precise prose.The present volume, The Electron, Proton, and, Neutron (which may be read quite independently of the others) considers the physics peculiar to the 20th century and deals with the world of the infinitesimally small. Beginning with the slow woking out of the theory of atomism, Mr. Asimov proceeds to the discovery of the structure of the atom. The various aspects of subatomic physics from radioactivity to fission, from the laser to the hydrogen bomb, are explored; and the book concludes with a consideration of matters that agitate the frontiers of physics the elusive electron, the mysterious muon, and the puzzling multiplicity of baryons.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Understanding Physics: Volume 3: Electron, ...
Publisher: Signet
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Unknown
Condition: Good
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