Articles related to "Atomic Physics"



Carl E Wieman - The Fifth State of Matter
Carl E Wieman shares the 2001 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the Bose-Einstein condensate, the fifth state of matter.
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A Force of Nature by Richard Reeves
Early in the 20th century, it was accepted that matter was composed of atoms. But what exactly was an atom? Ernest Rutherford would have something to say about that.
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The Beginnings of Nuclear Physics
In the final decades of the nineteenth and first few decades of the twentieth centuries, physicists would begin to unlock the mysteries of radioactivity.
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The Discovery of the Neutron
In 1932, James Chadwick proved that the atomic nucleus contained a neutral particle which had been proposed more than a decade earlier by Ernest Rutherford.
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns by Robert Jungk
This classic work details the triumphs and tribulations of the world's great atomic scientists during and after their work on the most terrible weapons ever created.
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Physics Discoveries in Canada: Ernest Rutherford
Arriving from New Zealand in 1898, Rutherford dove into research in the Montreal, Quebec lab, initiating major discoveries that enlarged the field of nuclear physics.
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Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard
Mankind's greatest atomic power was harnessed through the invention of the nuclear reactor by two physicists, Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard.
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Rolfing Structural Integration is Not Massage
RolfingĀ® supports a healthy body. When Dr. Ida P. Rolf founded the Rolf InstituteĀ® of Structural Integration in 1971, she created a never-ending legacy.
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The Physics Family
Physics is a discipline of science that includes many interrelated and active branches.
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