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Atomic and Molecular Physics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as atomic-physics)
avg rating 4.32 — 757 ratings — published
Thuldrun.Sunya (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as atomic-physics)
avg rating 4.55 — 77 ratings — published
S Chand Atomic Physics (Modern Physics)
by (shelved 1 time as atomic-physics)
avg rating 3.63 — 27 ratings — published
Mechanical Action of Light on Atoms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as atomic-physics)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1988
he Elementary Process of Bremsstrahlung (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 73)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004
“In the early days of atomic physics [before quantum field theory revealed the true meaning of the fine structure constant to be the strength of the coupling between the electron and photon], it was thought to have a value so close to being precisely 1/137 that numerologists started to establish cultish associations with the number 137.”
― Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
― Deep Down Things: The Breathtaking Beauty of Particle Physics
“Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilárd, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. ...
This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable—though much less certain—that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat or exploded in a port, might well destroy the whole port altogether with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air.”
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This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable—though much less certain—that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat or exploded in a port, might well destroy the whole port altogether with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air.”
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