The Powerhouse of the Atom

K. Gladkov
THE POWERHOUSE OF THE ATOM
CONTENTS
‘Plum Pudding'
Atomic masses and mass-numbers of longest-lived isa+opes(in brackets) are International 1965values
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RADIOACTIVITY
A Polish Girl’s Discovery
The Radioactive Families
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What is Meant By ‘Energy Level’ and ‘Electron-Volt’?
An Inquisitive Doctor
What is an Isotope?
An Atom-Sorting Machine
20 X 0.9 + 21 x 0.0027 + 22 x 0.0973 = = 20.1973 = 20.2
The World of Minute Particles and Enormous Energies
‘Atomic Artillery’
How They Managed to Count Atoms
A Simpler Than Simple Instrument
‘Cold Boiling’
New Radiation
Enter the Neutron
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Artificial Radioactivity
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Another Mistake!
The Family of Uranium Isotopes
The Cherished Goal Reached
Almost Back at the Beginning
Particle-Waves and Wave-Particles
The Great Law
Nuclear Binding Energy
Briefly About Heat
The Thermonuclear Reaction
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Obtaining the First Artificial Elements
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A ‘Bonfire’ In a Laboratory
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A Heavy-Water Reactor
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Nuclear Fuel From Man’s ‘Second Nature
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‘Labelled’ Atoms
Isotopes in Biology
'Hot Labs’ and ‘Iron Hands'
Atomic Aircraft
Photon Rockets
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What Attracts Electrons to Protons
Small-Calibre Atomic ‘Artillery’
How ‘Elementary’ are Elementary Particles?
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CAN THE HYDROGEN BOMB BE TAMED?
If Only ...
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