Taming the Atom : The Emergence of the Visible Microworld

Von Baeyer, Hans Christian

ISBN 10: 0140156216 / ISBN 13: 9780140156218

Editore: Penguin, UK, 1994

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Medium Trade Paperback. 224 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Penguin, UK, 1994. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A description of the experiments which led to a deeper understanding of the atom. Includes a section of color illustrations. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science & Technology; ISBN: 0140156216. ISBN/EAN: 9780140156218. Inventory No: 08080281. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale.

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• Titolo: Taming the Atom : The Emergence of the Visible Microworld
• Editore: Penguin, UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140156216
• ISBN 13: 9780140156218
• Rilegatura: Medium Trade Paperback
• Condizione: Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Science & Technology

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While the quantum theory of the internal structure of atoms remains a matter of theory, inaccessible to everyday experience, atoms themselves have become increasingly tangible and perceptible in recent years. The invention of the scanning-tunnelling microscope has made it possible to photograph them, and atomic traps are making it possible to isolate individual atoms in ways that are vastly increasing our understanding of their behaviour. Much recent science writing has concentrated on the far reaches of theory - particle physics, quantum theory and cosmology. In this book Von Baeyer shows how this links into the world we inhabit and how electron clouds and probability waves add up to the physical, tangible world of objects.