Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos

Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos

â€œAmazingâ€¦ If youâ€™ve been searching for a basic text on how the atom works, this is it.â€ â€”Booklist
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â€œA masterpiece.â€â€”Omni
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The legendary Isaac Asimov starts what is perhaps the most fascinating of all his books with a simple query: how finely can a piece of matter be divided? But like many simple questions, this one leads us on a far-flung quest for a final answer, a search that becomes a series of beautifully structured building blocks of knowledge.
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It begins with the earliest speculations and investigations by the Greeks and Romans, and then, step by step and century by century, it traces the path of discovery that revealed more and more of the nature of the atom, of light, of gravity, of the electromagnetic forceâ€”and even the nature and structure of the universe.
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Atom also encompasses such phenomena as light and electricity; the protons, neutrons and quarks that are the fundamental units of the universe; hard-to-observe â€œanti-particlesâ€; and other strange bits of matter that challenge our assumptions about the very nature of space and time.
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Atom is the only book of its kind, by the renowned author whose genius for bringing clarity and excitement to complex subjects has made him the most celebrated science author of our time.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780452268340
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1992-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780452268340

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780452268340
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1992-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780452268340

Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos

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