Kit Chapman

Superheavy

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, Superheavyis 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.

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, Superheavyis 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.

Jazyk anglický
Vydavateľ Bloomsbury Sigma
Počet strán 304
Typ viazania mäkká
Rozmery (š-v-h) 137 x 216 mm
EAN 9781472953902
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