Quantifying matter
"'Quantifying Matter' explains how scientists learned to measure matter and quantify some of its most fascinating and useful properties. It presents many of the most important intellectual achievements and technical developments that led to the scientific interpretation of substance. Complete with full-color photographs, this exciting new volume describes the basic characteristics and properties of matter"--The publisher.
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- Full title :Quantifying matter / Joseph A. Angelo.
Summary
"'Quantifying Matter' explains how scientists learned to measure matter and quantify some of its most fascinating and useful properties. It presents many of the most important intellectual achievements and technical developments that led to the scientific interpretation of substance. Complete with full-color photographs, this exciting new volume describes the basic characteristics and properties of matter"--The publisher.
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- Publication Date:©2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Facts on File
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 230 pages : : color illustrations ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780816076093, 081607609X
- oclc:ocn460054015
- LC Classification:QC173.16
- Dewey Decimal:530
Table of Contents
Exploring the nature of matter -- The origin of matter -- The search for substance -- Quantifying matter during the scientific revolution -- Understanding matter's electromagnetic properties -- Periodic table of the elements -- Discovering the radioactive nature of matter -- Exploring the atomic nucleus -- Contemporary view of matter -- Manipulating matter atom by atom.
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