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Materials, matter & particles : a brief history /
This book traces the history of ideas about the nature of matter and also the way that mankind has used material resources that the world offers. Starting with the ideas of ancient civilizations that air, earth, fire and water were the basic ingredients of all matter, it traces the development of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 plum-pudding model
- 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
- 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 times
- Modern materials
- The fantastic world of particles
- How matter began
- Making heavier elements.