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God and the atom / Victor J. Stenger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stenger, Victor J., 1935-2014.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atomism.
- Religion and science.
- Cosmology.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Atomic theory.
- Physical Description:
- 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- The story of a triumphant idea from Democritus to the Higgs boson, one of the most successful scientific hypotheses ever devised is chronicled in this history of atomism. Stenger makes the case that in the final analysis atoms and the void are all that exists.
- Contents:
- Ancient atomism
- Atoms lost and found
- Atomism and the scientific revolution
- The chemical atom
- Atoms revealed
- Light and the aether
- Inside the atom
- Inside the nucleus
- Quantum fields
- The rise of particle physics
- The dreams that stuff is made of
- Atoms and the cosmos
- Summary and conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781616147532
- 1616147539
- OCLC:
- 818827986
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