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Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus A Sixty Year Journey 1896 - 1956 /

Unravelling the Mystery of the Atomic Nucleus tells the story of how, in the span of barely sixty years, we made a transition from the belief that matter was composed of indivisible atoms, to the discovery that in the heart of each atom lies a nucleus which is ten thousand times smaller than the ato...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fernandez, Bernard (Autor), Ripka, Georges (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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