Sign-In
Cart
The Atom: A Visual Tour
Hardcover
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN13: 9780262037365
Publisher: Mit Pr
Published: Dec 11 2018
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 8.50 Depth: 9.60
Language: English
Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom at center stage. The Atom investigates the quest to identify the smallest, most fundamental constituents of matter--and how that quest helps us to understand what everything is made of and how it all works. Challoner covers a wide range of topics--including the development of scientific thinking about atoms and the basic structure of atoms; how atomic interactions account for the familiar properties of everyday materials; the power of the atomic nucleus; and what the mysterious quantum realm of subatomic particles can tell us about the very nature of reality.
Illustrated in color throughout, The Atom offers clear answers to questions we have all pondered, as well as some we have never even dreamed of. It describes the amazing discoveries scientists have made about the fundamental building blocks of matter--from quarks to nuclear fission to the God particle--and explains them accessibly and concisely. The Atom is the engaging and straightforward introduction to the topic that we didn't get in school.
Also from
Challoner, Jack
Also in
Physics
My Einstein: Essays by Twenty-Four of the World's Leading Thinkers on the Man, His Work, and His Legacy
Brockman, John
Paperback
What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Munroe, Randall
Hardcover
My Big TOE Awakening Discovery Inner Workings: The Complete My Big TOE Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics and Metaphysics
Campbell, Thomas
Hardcover
American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai
Sherwin, Martin J.
Paperback
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Munroe, Randall
Hardcover
The Universe in 100 Colors: Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature
Mudge, Terry
Thrasher, Tyler
Hardcover
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Sands, Matthew
Feynman, Richard P.
Leighton, Robert B.
Paperback
The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
Cabrol, Nathalie A.
Hardcover
Smithsonian Atlas of Space: A Map to the Universe from the Big Bang to the Future
Launius, Roger D.
Hardcover
My Big TOE Awakening Discovery Inner Workings: The Complete My Big TOE Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and Metaphysics
Campbell, Thomas
Paperback
Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Now
Douady, Stéphane
Golé, Christophe
Dumais, Jacques
Hardcover
Princeton Review AP Physics C Premium Prep, 18th Edition: 4 Practice Tests + Digital Practice Online + Content Review
The Princeton Review
Paperback
Alchemy of Nine Dimensions: Activating the Full Spectrum of Consciousness
Clow, Barbara Hand
Paperback
Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy
Tuhus-Dubrow, Rebecca
Hardcover
Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean
Strassler, Matt
Hardcover
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
Bridle, James
Paperback
Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
Lanza, Robert
Berman, Bob
Paperback
The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy
Tesla, Nikola
Paperback
Princeton Review AP Physics 1 Premium Prep, 11th Edition: 5 Practice Tests + Digital Practice Online + Content Review
The Princeton Review
Paperback
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Greene, Brian
Paperback
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide, 6th Edition
Zinn, Lennard
Paperback
Unseen Universe: Space as You've Never Seen It Before from the James Webb Space Telescope
Harper, Caroline
Hardcover
The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--And Its Implications
Deutsch, David
Paperback
Deep Space: Beyond the Solar System to the Edge of the Universe and the Beginning of Time
Schilling, Govert
Paperback
Introduction to Live Sound Reinforcement: The Science, the Art, and the Practice
Boyce, Teddy
Paperback
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda
Paperback
Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A Straightforward Summary of the 21st Century's Only Plausible Metaphysics
Kastrup, Bernardo
Paperback
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
Forbes, Nancy
Mahon, Basil
Hardcover
The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
Capra, Fritjof
Paperback
Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
Sands, Matthew
Feynman, Richard P.
Leighton, Robert B.
Paperback
The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
Hrabovsky, George
Susskind, Leonard
Paperback
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Padilla, Antonio
Paperback
Hidden in the Heavens: How the Kepler Mission's Quest for New Planets Changed How We View Our Own
Steffen, Jason
Hardcover
Quantum Drama: From the Bohr-Einstein Debate to the Riddle of Entanglement
Heilbron, John L.
Baggott, Jim
Hardcover
A New Science of Heaven: How the New Science of Plasma Physics Is Shedding Light on Spiritual Experience
Temple, Robert
Paperback
AP Physics 2 Premium, Fourth Edition: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (2025)
Rideout, Kenneth
Wolf, Jonathan
Barron's Educational Series
Paperback
The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others, Your Life, and the World
McTaggart, Lynne
Paperback
Sciencia: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Astronomy for All
Betts, Moff
Tweed, Matt
Watkins, Matthew
Hardcover
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide
Riley, K. F.
Hobson, M. P.
Bence, S. J.
Paperback
Princeton Review AP Physics 2 Premium Prep, 10th Edition: 3 Practice Tests + Digital Practice Online + Content Review
The Princeton Review
Paperback
Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe
Cliff, Harry
Hardcover
AP Physics 1 Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice
Barron's Educational Series
Rideout, Kenneth
Wolf, Jonathan
Paperback
The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and Fly
Collins, John M.
Paperback
Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel
Mullane, R. Mike
Paperback
AP Physics C Premium, Eighth Edition: 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice (2025)
Barron's Educational Series
Pelcovits, Robert A.
Farkas, Joshua
Paperback
Physics: An Illustrated History of the Foundations of Science (100 Ponderables) Revised and Updated
Jackson, Tom
Hardcover
The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes
Halpern, Paul
Hardcover
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour
Strauss, Michael A.
Gott, J. Richard
Tyson, Neil Degrasse
Hardcover
The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe: A New Kind of Reality Theory
Langan, Christopher Michael
Paperback
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat
Sands, Matthew
Feynman, Richard P.
Leighton, Robert B.
Paperback
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai
Sherwin, Martin J.
Hardcover
Supermassive: Black Holes at the Beginning and End of the Universe
Trefil, James
Satyapal, Shobita
Hardcover
Unlocking the Ancient Secrets to Healing: Why Science is Looking to the Past for the Future of Medicine
Lynn, Gail
Paperback
Cosmic Queries: Startalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
Tyson, Neil DeGrasse
Trefil, James
Hardcover
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Greene, Brian
Paperback
My Big TOE - Awakening S: Book 1 of a Trilogy Unifying of Philosophy, Physics, and Metaphysics
Campbell, Thomas
Paperback
The Case for Nukes: How We Can Beat Global Warming and Create a Free, Open, and Magnificent Future
Zubrin, Robert
Paperback
The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants
Bakker, Karen
Paperback
A Briefer History of Time: The Science Classic Made More Accessible
Hawking, Stephen
Mlodinow, Leonard
Paperback
Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe, Book 1 of 3
Gray, Theodore
Hardcover
The Principia: The Authoritative Translation: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Newton, Isaac
Paperback
Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland; or, Stories of C, G, and H. Illustrated by John Hookham
Gamow, George 1904-1968
Paperback
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics: Second Edition
Bate, Roger R.
Mueller, Donald D.
White, Jerry E.
Paperback
A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour
Gott, J. Richard
Strauss, Michael A.
Tyson, Neil Degrasse
Paperback