Our Atomic World
by C. Jackson Craven
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About this eBook
- Author
- Craven, C. Jackson (Claude Jackson), 1908-1988
- Title
- Our Atomic World: The Story of Atomic Energy
- Credits
- Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QC: Science: Physics
- Subject
- Nuclear energy -- Popular works
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66246
- Release Date
- September 8, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.OUR ATOMIC WORLD
- 2.The Understanding the Atom Series — OUR ATOMIC WORLD
- 3.CONTENTS — OUR ATOMIC WORLD
- 4.The Greeks Were Curious About Matter
- 5.The Atomic Theory Is Confirmed
- 6.Cathode Rays Show Atoms Contain Smaller Parts
- 7.Radioactive Atoms Discovered
- 8.Rutherford Finds the Atomic Nucleus
- 9.The Proton Is Recognized
- 10.Isotopes Are Discovered
- 11.The Alchemists’ Dream Comes True
- 12.Some Particles Have No Electric Charge
- 13.Matter Is Energy; Energy Is Matter
- 14.Nuclei Contain Energy
- 15.CHRONOLOGY
- 16.Fission is Explained
- 17.The Fission Bomb Is Exploded
- 18.Nuclear Energy Is Needed for the Future
- 19.Fusion Has Potential
- 20.Isotopes Have Many Uses
- 21.Radioisotopes at Work
- 22.The Atomic Energy Commission
- 23.Toward an International Atom
- 24.Suggested References — Books — Motion Pictures
- 25.FOOTNOTES
- 26.Transcriber’s Notes
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