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
_Man-made Transuranium Elements_, Glenn T. Seaborg, Prentice Hall,
Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1963, 120 pp., $6.95 (hardback);
$2.95 (paperback). The discovery, properties, and applications of
elements heavier than uranium are considered in this book, which is
designed as an introduction to the subject. Glenn Seaborg was
co-discoverer of nine of the twelve transuranium elements.
_The Nature of Matter: Physical Theory from Thales to Fermi_, Ginestra
Amaldi, translated by Peter Astbury, Chicago University Press,
Chicago, Illinois, 1966, 332 pp., $5.95. A nontechnical history of
atomic energy.
_Niels Bohr: His Life and Work as Seen by His Friends and Colleagues_,
S. Rozental (Editor), John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1967, 355
pp., $5.95. An articulate and scholarly biography by the friends and
co-workers of this outstanding atomic pioneer.
_Niels Bohr: The Man, His Science, and the World They Changed_, Ruth
Moore, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1966, 436 pp., $7.95. An
interesting biography of one of the pioneers in the study of the
internal structure of the atom.
_Otto Hahn: My Life_, Otto Hahn, translated by Ernest Kaiser and
Eithne Wilkins, Herder and Herder, Inc., New York, 1970, 240 pp.,
$6.50. Autobiography of the man who discovered that the atom could be
split.
_Otto Hahn: A Scientific Autobiography_, Otto Hahn, Willy Ley, editor
and translator, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1966, 320 pp.,
$9.95. Otto Hahn, winner of the 1944 Nobel Prize for his work in
atomic fission, reviews the pioneer days in which a new science was
created, and the role he played in its development.
_Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations_, Werner Heisenberg,
translated by Arthur J. Pomerans, Harper and Row, Publishers, New
York, 1970, 247 pp., $7.95. Werner Heisenberg, a Nobel Prize
physicist, presents his autobiography in the form of conversations
with such men as Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Ernest
Rutherford, Otto Hahn, and Enrico Fermi.
_Physics for Poets_, Robert H. March, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New.
York, 1970, 302 pp., $7.50. A physics textbook for nonscience
students. The book covers certain developments of classical mechanics,
relativity, and atomic and quantum physics. With this book the author
won the 1971 American Institute of Physics—U. S. Steel Foundation
Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy.
_Sourcebook on Atomic Energy_ (third edition), Samuel Glasstone, Van
Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1967, 883 pp., $15.00. An
excellent standard reference work, written for both scientists and the
general public.
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