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Worlds within worlds : the story of nuclear energy / Isaac Asimov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992, author.
- Series:
- Physics research and technology.
- Physics Research and Technology Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2025]
- Summary:
- In a way, nuclear energy has been serving man as long as he has existed. It has served all of life; it has flooded the earth for billions of years. The sun, you see, is a vast nuclear engine, and the warmth and light that the sun radiates is the product of nuclear energy. In order for man to learn to produce and control nuclear energy himself, however, three lines of investigation--atoms, electricity, and energy--had to develop and meet.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Part 1. Atomic Weights, Energy and Electricity
- Introduction0F*
- Atomic Weights
- Electricity
- Units of Electricity
- Cathode Rays
- Radioactivity
- The Structure of the Atom
- Atomic Numbers
- Isotopes
- Energy
- The Law of Conservation of Energy
- Chemical Energy
- Electrons and Energy
- The Energy of the Sun
- The Energy of Radioactivity
- Part 2. Mass and Energy, the Neutron and the Structure of the Nucleus
- Mass and Energy
- The Structure of the Nucleus
- The Proton
- The Proton-Electron Theory
- Protons in Nuclei
- Nuclear Bombardment
- Particle Accelerators
- The Neutron
- Nuclear Spin
- Discovery of the Neutron
- The Proton-Neutron Theory
- The Nuclear Interaction
- Neutron Bombardment
- Part 3. Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion and Beyond Fusion
- Nuclear Fission
- New Elements
- The Discovery of Fission
- The Nuclear Chain Reaction
- The Nuclear Bomb
- Nuclear Reactors
- Nuclear Fusion
- Thermonuclear Bombs
- Controlled Fusion
- Beyond Fusion
- Antimatter
- The Unknown
- Reading List
- Basic Books
- Advanced Books
- About the Author
- Index
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Asimov, Isaac Worlds Within Worlds: the Story of Nuclear Energy
- ISBN:
- 9798895303368
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