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14%OFFJohn S. Rigden - Hydrogen - 9780674012523 - V9780674012523
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Hydrogen

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Description for Hydrogen Paperback. In this biography of hydrogen, John Rigden shows how this singular atom, the most abundant in the universe, has helped unify our understanding of the material world from the smallest scale, the elementary particles, to the largest, the universe itself. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 halftones, 13 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PH; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Seduced by simplicity, physicists find themselves endlessly fascinated by hydrogen, the simplest of atoms. Hydrogen has shocked, it has surprised, it has embarrassed, it has humbled--and again and again it has guided physicists to the edge of new vistas where the promise of basic understanding and momentous insights beckoned. The allure of hydrogen, crucial to life and critical to scientific discovery, is at the center of this book, which tells a story that begins with the big bang and continues to unfold today. In this biography of hydrogen, John Rigden shows how this singular atom, the most ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674012523
SKU
V9780674012523
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About John S. Rigden
John S. Rigden is Adjunct Professor of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis.

Reviews for Hydrogen
Justly acclaimed for his lucid biography of physicist I. I. Rabi, Rigden here shifts his focus from person to problem, chronicling how one enduring conundrum
that of explaining the element hydrogen
has challenged two centuries of brilliant scientists...Readers will marvel that in its very first square, the periodic table holds so much science, so much history, so much humanity.
Bryce Christensen ... Read more

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