Nuclear physics / W. Heisenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Philosophical Library, 2019.

Summary:

The Nobel Prize-winning physicist offers a fascinating popular introduction to nuclear physics from early atomic theory to its transformative applications. Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg is famous for developing the uncertainty principle, which bears his name, and for his pioneering work in quantum mechanics. A central figure in the development of the atomic bomb and a close colleague of Albert Einstein, Heisenberg wrote Nuclear Physics "for readers who, while interested in natural sciences, have no previous training in theoretical physics." Compiled from a series of his lectures on the subject, Heisenberg begins with a short history of atomic physics before delving into the nature of nuclear forces and reactions, the tools of nuclear physics, and its world-changing technical and practical applications. Nuclear Physics is an ideal book for general readers interested in learning about some of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

1. ATOMIC THEORY, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

I. MATTER AND ATOMS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANTIQUITY

II. MODERN ATOMIC THEORY, UP TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

2. MOLECULES AND ATOMS

I. MOLECULAR STRUCTURE

II. RUTHERFORD'S ATOM MODEL

III. THE PERIODIC SYSTEM OF ELEMENTS

3. RADIOACTIVITY AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE NUCLEUS

I. RADIOACTIVITY

II. ARTIFICIAL NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATIONS

III. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ATOMIC NUCLEI

4. THE NORMAL STATES OF ATOMIC NUCLEI

I. THE BINDING ENERGY OF THE NUCLEI

II. NUCLEAR STRUCTURE

III. THE THREE TYPES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

5. THE NUCLEAR FORCES

I. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE NUCLEAR FIELD

II. THE NUCLEAR FORCES AS EXCHANGE FORCES

III. THE SATURATION OF NUCLEAR FORCES

IV. THE STABILITY OF NUCLEI

6. THE NUCLEAR REACTIONS

I. ALPHA RADIATION

II. THE BETA EMITTERS

III. OTHER TYPES OF SPONTANEOUS NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATION

IV. ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATIONS

7. THE TOOLS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

I. THE METHODS OF DETECTION AND OBSERVATION

II. THE PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCING NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATION

8. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

I. THE EXPLOITATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY FOR USEFUL PURPOSES

II. URANIUM FISSION AND CHAIN REACTION

III. THE URANIUM REACTOR

IV. ENNOBLEMENT OF MATTER BY NUCLEAR REACTIONS

V. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS TRACERS

VI. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN CHEMISTRY

VII. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

VIII. ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN MEDICINE

IX. THE USE OF STABLE ISOTOPES

APPENDIX - RESEARCH IN GERMANY ON THE TECHNICAL APPLICATION OF ATOMIC ENERGY

TABLES

LITERATURE ON NUCLEAR PHYSICS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Notes.

Copyright Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781504058728

1504058720

OCLC:

1097248686