The Magic Furnace : The Search for the Origins of Atoms

ISBN-13: 9780099578017 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str.

Marcus Choun

Opis

The Magic Furnace tells of how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced where the elements in our bodies come from, and is one of the greatest detective stories in the history of science. It is the story of atoms and the story of stars.

Recenzje

A clear introduction to a fascinating area of physics and astronomy. Chown is to be congratulated on a beautifully crafted book. New Scientist

O autorze

Marcus Chown is New Scientist's cosmology consultant. He is the author of Afterglow of Creation, which was runner-up for the Rhône- Poulenc Science Book Prize, and was the winner of the 1994 Glaxo Wellcome ABSW Science Writers' Award.