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