taming the atom

ISBN: 9780486414478

出版社: Dover Publications

出版年: 2000-10

页数: 239

定价: $ 11.24

装帧: Pap

内容简介

Fascinating, accessible study recounts the process of discovery, from the atomism of the Greeks to the quantum revolutions of the 1920s and the theories and conjectures of today. Topics cover the components of the atom, quantum mechanics, the atomic landscape, atoms in isolation, quantum reality and more. "Lucid and entertaining."—The New York Times Book Review.