The atom. Fundamental component of all things

The atom. Fundamental component of all things.

In this volume you will find all the surprising discoveries about these basic units of matter.

Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a secondary role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom center stage, as the starting point for identifying the smallest and most fundamental constituents of matter and for arriving at an understanding of what everything around us is made of and how it works.

The book covers a wide range of topics: how the scientific study of atoms and their basic structure originated and developed, how interactions between atoms characterize everyday materials, as well as the power of the atomic nucleus and what the mysterious quantum realm of subatomic particles can reveal about the very nature of reality.

Illustrated in full color, The Atom offers clear answers to questions we have all asked ourselves and many others we had not previously considered. It describes the amazing discoveries scientists have made about these basic units of matter-from quarks to nuclear fission to the "God particle"-and explains them in an accessible and concise way. The Atom is the engaging and comprehensive introduction to the subject we didn't get in school.

Technical details:

• • • • • Writer: Jack Challoner
        • Translator: Pedro Pacheco
        • Subject: Natural and technical sciences, Physics and Chemistry
        • Language: Spanish
        • Publication date: 28-01-2019
        • Pages: 192
        • Width: 21 cm
        • Height: 24 cm
        • Edition: 1
        • Format: Hardcover

About the author:

Jack Challoner after studying physics in London, trained as a science and mathematics teacher, and then worked at the Science Museum in London, in its education department. Jack left the museum in 1991 to write about science and technology: he is the author of over thirty books. He also works as a freelance science consultant for press, radio and television.He is the author of both our book The Cell, and The Atom.

Contents:

• • • • • INTRODUCTION
        • CHAPTER 1
        • A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF "ATOM"
        • CHAPTER 2
        • THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM
        • CHAPTER 3
        • ATOMIC IDENTITIES
        • CHAPTER 4
        • UNITED ATOMS
        • CHAPTER 5
        • OBSERVING AND MANIPULATING ATOMS
        • CHAPTER 6
        • ATOMIC APPLICATIONS
        • CHAPTER 7
        • tHE END OF ATOMISM?
        • GLOSSARY
        • FURTHER READING
        • INDEX
        • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The atom. Fundamental component of all things.