Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3 (of 3): Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Fusion; Beyond Fusion — John Shaqi
Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3 (of 3): Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Fusion; Beyond FusionAsimov, Isaac
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Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 3 (of 3): Nuclear Fission; Nuclear Fusion; Beyond Fusion
Asimov, Isaac
Nuclear energy -- Popular works
_Ernest Rutherford: Architect of the Atom_, Peter Kelman and A. Harris
Stone, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1969, 72
pp., $3.95. Grades 5-7. A well-done biography of this famous atomic
scientist. Many of the drawings illustrate theoretical ideas very well
for the elementary grades. A glossary is included.
_Enrico Fermi: Atomic Pioneer_, Doris Faber, Prentice-Hall, Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966, 86 pp., $3.95. Grades 5-8. A
biography of the man who built the first reactor.
_Giant of the Atom: Ernest Rutherford_, Robin McKown, Julian Messner,
New York, 1962, 191 pp., $3.50. Grades 7-12. The life and
accomplishments of a great physicist.
_The History of the Atomic Bomb_, Michael Blow, American Heritage
Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1968, 150 pp., $5.95. Grades 5-9.
This sumptuously illustrated history provides an informative
explanation of nuclear physics in addition to comprehensive coverage
of the bomb’s development and use.
_Inside the Atom_, Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, Ltd., New York,
1966, 197 pp., $4.00. Grades 7-10. This comprehensive, well-written
text explains nuclear energy and its applications.
_Madame Curie: A Biography_, Eve Curie, translated by Vincent Sheean,
Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York, 1937, 385 pp., $5.95
(hardback); $0.95 (paperback). Grades 9-12. This superb biography,
which won the 1937 National Book Award for Nonfiction, illustrates
dramatically the full spectrum of Marie Curie’s life.
_Men Who Mastered the Atom_, Robert Silverberg, G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
New York, 1965, 193 pp., $3.49. Grades 7-9. Atomic energy history is
told through the work of pioneer scientists from Thales to present-day
researchers.
_The Neutron Story_, Donald J. Hughes, Doubleday and Company, Inc.,
New York, 1959, 158 pp., out of print. Grades 7-9. A substantial and
interesting account of neutron physics.
_Niels Bohr: The Man Who Mapped the Atom_, Robert Silverberg, MacRae
Smith Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965, 189 pp., $3.95.
Grades 8-12. An exciting, suspenseful, and humorous biography of one
of the pioneers in atomic energy. Includes a glossary and references.
_The Questioners: Physicists and the Quantum Theory_, Barbara Lovett
Cline, Crowell Collier and MacMillan, Inc., New York, 1965, 274 pp.,
$5.00 (hardback); available in paperback with the title _Men Who Made
A New Physics: Physicists and the Quantum Theory_, New American
Library, Inc., New York, $0.75. Grades 9-12. An exceptionally
well-delineated and personable account of the development of the
quantum theory by physicists in the first quarter of this century.
_The Restless Atom_, Alfred Romer, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New
York, 1960, 198 pp., $1.25. Grades 9-12. A stimulating nonmathematical
account of the classic early experiments that advanced knowledge about
atomic particles.
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