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The matter of everything : how curiosity, physics, and improbable experiments changed the world

text The matter of everything : how curiosity, physics, and improbable experiments changed the world

Summary
"An accelerator physicist's fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of matter and made the modern world. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, many scientists believed that the project of physics was nearly compl... Read more
Contents
Introduction -- Dismantling classical physics -- Cathode ray tube: X-rays and the electron -- The gold foil experiment: The structure of the atom -- The Photoelectric Effect: The light quantum -- Matter beyond atoms -- Cloud chambers: Cosmic rays ... Read more
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Description
v, 313 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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East Bay Branch Library 539.7 SHE in Adult Non-fiction Available
Woodmere (Main Branch) 539.7 SHE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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