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Sourcebook on atomic energy / by Samuel Glasstone.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QC776 .G6
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glasstone, Samuel, 1897-1986.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear energy.
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Zinman copy)
- Physical Description:
- 546 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York [N.Y.] : Van Nostrand, [1950]
- Contents:
- Foundations of the atomic theory
- Constituents of the atom
- Energy and radiation
- The structure of the atom
- Natural radioactivity
- Measurement of radioactivity
- Nuclear radiations
- Isotopes
- The acceleration of charged particles
- Nuclear transmutation and artificial radioactivity
- The neutron
- Nuclear structure and nuclear forces
- Nuclear fission
- The utilization of nuclear energy
- The new elements
- The uses of isotopes
- Cosmic rays and mesons
- Radiation protection and health physics.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Zinman copy has dust jacket.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Glasstone, Samuel, 1897-1986. Sourcebook on atomic energy.
- OCLC:
- 666190
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