Nuclear Physics


The Making of the Atomic Bomb
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Nuclear Physics
Introductory Nuclear Physics
Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Fundamentals in Nuclear Physics: From Nuclear Structure to Cosmology
Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know
Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction
Ernest Rutherford
It was quite the most incredible event that has ever happened to me in my life. It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you. [Recalling in 1936 the discovery of the nucleus in 1909, when some alpha particles were observed instead of travelling through a very thin gold foil were seen to rebound backward, as if striking something much more massive than the particles themselves. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this dis ...more
Ernest Rutherford

Abhijit Naskar
Humanitarian Nuclear Physics (The Sonnet) One nuclear warhead contains 9 lbs of plutonium, Which can electrify 2000 households for a year. Yet you use that majestic power of atom as pawn, In your stoneage geopolitical games of fear. When monkeys crack the mystery of the atom, Without developing any civilized purpose, They go blind with the madness of power, Atom bombs become newage arrows and spears. Hypnotized by the mindless pursuit of "could", Apes rarely ever stop to question if they shou ...more
Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

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