Superheavy : making and breaking the periodic table
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London, UK : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
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Published
London, UK : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.
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Book
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304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English

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Periodic table of the elements on lining-papers.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.
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The science of element discovery is a truly fascinating field, and is constantly rewriting the laws of chemistry and physics as we know them. Superheavy is the first book to take an in-depth look at how synthetic elements are discovered, why they matter and where they will take us. From the Cold War nuclear race to the present day, scientists have stretched the periodic table to 118 elements. They have broken the rules of the periodic table, rewriting the science we're taught in school, and have the potential to revolutionize our lives. Kit Chapman takes us back to the very beginning, with the creation of the atomic bomb. He tells the story of the major players, such as Ernest Lawrence who revolutionized the field of particle physics with the creation of the cyclotron; Yuri Oganessian, the "guerilla scientist" who opened up a new era of discovery in the field and is the only living scientists to have an element named after him; and Victor Ninov, the disgraced physicist who almost pulled off the greatest fraud in nuclear science. This book will bring us in a full circle back to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was developed, and that has more recently been an essential player in creating the new superheavy element 117. Throughout, Superheavy explains the complex science of element discovery in clear and easy-to-follow terms. It walks through the theories of atomic structure, discusses the equipment used and explains the purpose of the research. By the end of the book readers will not only marvel at how far we've come, they will be in awe of where we are going and what this could mean for the worlds of physics and chemistry as we know them today. -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Chapman, K. (2019). Superheavy: making and breaking the periodic table . Bloomsbury Sigma.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chapman, Kit. 2019. Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table. Bloomsbury Sigma.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Chapman, Kit. Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Chapman, Kit. Superheavy: Making and Breaking the Periodic Table Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019.

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