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OverviewNo one ever expected the atom to be as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as it turned out to be. Its story is one riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of genius. John Dalton gave us the first picture of the atom in the early 1800s. Almost 100 years later came one of the most important experiments in scientific history, by the young misfit New Zealander, Ernest Rutherford. He showed the atom consisted mostly of space, and in doing so turned 200 years of classical physics on its head. It was a brilliant Dane, Neils Bohr, who made the next great leap - into the incredible world of quantum theory. Yet he and a handful of other revolutionary young scientific Turks weren't prepared for the shocks Nature had up her sleeve. Mind-bending discoveries about the atom were destined to upset everything we thought we knew about reality. Even today as we peer deeper and deeper into the atom, it throws back as many questions at us as answers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Piers Bizony , Jim Al-KhaliliPublisher: Icon Books Imprint: Icon Books Edition: illustrated edition ISBN: 9781840468007ISBN 10: 1840468009 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 19 July 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPiers Bizony is a science journalist and space historian who writes for magazines such as Focus and Wired as well as the Independent. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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