Materials, matter & particles : a brief history / Michael M. Woolfson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Matter--History.

Matter.

Substance (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 316 p. ) ill. (some col.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Starting with the ideas of ancient civilizations that air, earth, fire and water were the basic ingredients of all matter, this title traces the development of the science of chemistry beginning within the ranks of the alchemists.

Contents:

The Elements of Nature; Early Ideas of the Nature of Matter; The Quest for Gold and Eternal Life; The Beginning of Chemistry; Modern Chemistry is Born; Nineteenth Century Chemistry; Atoms Have Structure; Radioactivity and the Nuclear Atom; Some Early 20th Century Physics; What is a Nucleus Made of?; Electrons in Atoms; The New Mechanics; Electrons and Chemistry; Electron Spin and the Exclusion Principle; Isotopes; The Processes of Radioactivity and More Particles; Making Atoms, Explosions and Power; Observing Matter on a Small Scale; Living Matter; Life at the Atomic Level; Materials from Ancient Tmes; Some Modern Materials; The Fantasy World of Particles; How Matter Began; Making Heavier Elements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612760013

9781282760011

1282760017

9781848164611

1848164610

OCLC:

729020367