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Title:
Nuclear physics : a very short introduction / Frank Close.
Author:
Close, F. E., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2015.

©2015
Call Number:
QC776 .C552 2015
Abstract:
Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J.J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the 19th century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. -- source other than Library of Congress.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198718635
Series:
Very short introductions ; 438

Very short introductions ; 438.
Physical Description:
123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
The fly in the cathedral -- Nuclear alchemy -- Powerful forces -- Odds, evens, and shells -- Making and breaking nuclei -- Beyond the periodic table -- Exotic nuclei -- Applied nuclear physics.
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