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02741aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 0860521651E811E9B71BEAF596128E48 003 SILO 005 20190329010101 008 180402s2018 maua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2018933681 020 $a 026203736X 020 $a 9780262037365 035 $a (OCoLC)1029890254 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d MYG $d OCLCF $d DLC $d OCP $d V5E $d IBI $d BUR $d JTH $d SILO 050 4 $a QC173 $b .C453 2018 050 4 $a QC793.2 $b .C43 2018 080 $a 544.112 $b C43 082 04 $a 539.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Challoner, Jack, $e author. 245 14 $a The atom : $b a visual tour / $c Jack Challoner. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The MIT Press, $c [2018] 300 $a 192 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A brief history of the concept "Atom" -- Structure of the atom -- Atomic identies -- Atoms together -- Seeing and manipulating atoms -- Atomic applications -- The end of atomism? 520 $a "Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom at center stage. [This book] investigates the quest to identify the smallest, most fundamental constituents of matter--and how that quest helps us to understand what everything is made of and how it all works. Challoner covers a wide range of topics--including the development of scientific thinking about atoms and the basic structure of atoms; how atomic interactions account for the familiar properties of everyday materials; the power of the atomic nucleus; and what the mysterious quantum realm of subatomic particles can tell us about the very nature of reality. Illustrated in color throughout, [this book] offers clear answers to questions we have all pondered, as well as some we have never even dreamed of. It describes the amazing discoveries scientists have made about the fundamental building blocks of matter--from quarks to nuclear fission to the "God particle"--and explains them accessibly and concisely. The Atom is the engaging and straightforward introduction to the topic that we didn't get in school."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Atoms 650 0 $a Particles (Nuclear physics) 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Atoms $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00820656 650 7 $a Particles (Nuclear physics) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01054130 941 $a 3 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041712.0 952 $l PGAX715 $d 20240221113735.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20190329010144.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0860521651E811E9B71BEAF596128E48 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search