Table of Contents from
Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos

CHAPTER ONE: MATTER
Dividing Matter 1
Elements 6
Atomism Triumphant 8
The Reality of Atoms 13
The Differences Among Atoms 18
CHAPTER TWO: LIGHT
Particles and Waves 26
The Four Phenomena 35
Combining the Phenomena 42
Extending the Spectrum 47
Dividing Energy 52
CHAPTER THREE: ELECTRONS
Dividing Electricity 58
Cathode-Ray Particles 66
X Rays 69
Electrons and Atoms 72
Electrons and Quanta 79
Waves and Particles 82
CHAPTER FOUR: NUCLEI
Probing the Atom 89
Positively Charged Particles 96
Atomic Numbers 100
Spectral Lines 109
CHAPTER FIVE: ISOTOPES
Nuclear Energy 122
Nuclear Varieties 125
Half-Lives 131
Stable Nuclear Varieties 136
CHAPTER SIX: NEUTRONS
Protons and Electrons 146
Protons and Neutrons 151
Nuclear Reactions 158
Artificial Isotopes 164
CHAPTER SEVEN: BREAKDOWNS
Mass Defect 174
Nuclear Fission 180
Nuclear Fusion 187
Breakdown Particles 194
CHAPTER EIGHT: ANTIMATTER
Antiparticles 202
Cosmic Rays 206
Particle Accelerators 215
Baryons 219
CHAPTER NINE: NEUTRINOS
Saving the Laws of Conservation 225
Detecting the Antineutrino 232
Detecting the Neutrino 235
Other Leptons 239
Unstable Particles 244
Neutrino Varieties 247
CHAPTER TEN: INTERACTIONS
The Strong Interaction 253
The Weak Interaction 261
The Electroweak Interaction 266
CHAPTER ELEVEN: QUARKS
The Hadron Zoo 271
Inside Hadrons 278
Quantum Chromodynamics 284
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE UNIVERSE
The Mystery of the Missing Mass 291
The End of the Universe 298
The Beginning of the Universe 304
INDEX 311