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Antimatter (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Antimatter (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Oxford Landmark Science
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Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have
identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the
familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right,
positive becomes negative; and where, should matter and antimatter
meet, the two annihilate in a blinding flash of energy that makes
even thermonuclear explosions look feeble by comparison. It is an
idea long beloved of science-fiction stories-but here, renowned
science writer Frank Close shows that the reality of antimatter is
even more fascinating than the fiction itself. We know that once,
antimatter and matter existed in perfect counterbalance, and that
antimatter then perpetrated a vanishing act on a cosmic scale that
remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. Today,
antimatter does not exist normally, at least on Earth, but we know
that it is real for scientists are now able to make small pieces of
it in particle accelerators, such as that at CERN in Geneva.
Looking at the remarkable prediction of antimatter and how it grew
from the meeting point of relativity and quantum theory in the
early 20th century, at the discovery of the first antiparticles, at
cosmic rays, annihilation, antimatter bombs, and antiworlds, Close
separates the facts from the fiction about antimatter, and explains
how its existence can give us profound clues about the origins and
structure of the universe. Oxford Landmark Science books are
'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have
crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
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