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Superheavy - Making and Breaking the Periodic Table (Paperback)
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Superheavy - Making and Breaking the Periodic Table (Paperback)
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Loot Price R294
Discovery Miles 2 940
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Shortlisted for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence
in Science Books Creating an element is no easy feat. It's the
equivalent of firing six trillion bullets a second at a needle in a
haystack, hoping the bullet and needle somehow fuse together, then
catching it in less than a thousandth of a second - after which
it's gone forever. Welcome to the world of the superheavy elements:
a realm where scientists use giant machines and spend years trying
to make a single atom of mysterious artefacts that have never
existed on Earth. From the first elements past uranium and their
role in the atomic bomb to the latest discoveries stretching our
chemical world, Superheavy will reveal the hidden stories lurking
at the edges of the periodic table. Why did the US Air Force fly
planes into mushroom clouds? Who won the transfermium wars? How did
an earthquake help give Japan its first element? And what happened
when Superman almost spilled nuclear secrets? In a globe-trotting
adventure that stretches from the United States to Russia, Sweden
to Australia, Superheavy is your guide to the amazing science
filling in the missing pieces of the periodic table. By the end
you'll not only marvel at how nuclear science has changed our lives
- you'll wonder where it's going to take us in the future.
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