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  • Destroyer of Worlds

    The Deep History of the Nuclear Age

    by Frank Close ...
    **The thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story—"kinetic, dramatic, and compulsively readable" (Patchen Barss)—of the physicists that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bombA Guardian Best Book of the Year**Although Henri Becquerel didn’t know it at the time, he changed history in 1896 when he left photographic plates and some uranium rocks in a drawer. The rocks emitted something that ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe, Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino. Along the way he provides fascinating insights into how discoveries in particle physics have actually been made, and discusses how our picture of the world has been radically revised ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Antimatter

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    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 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Trinity

    The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History

    by Frank Close ...
    'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.Against the ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Nuclear Physics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the 19th century, which implied the existence of a positive charge in the atom to make it neutral. In this Very Short Introduction Frank Close gives an account of how this area of physics has progressed, including the recognition of how heavy nuclei are built ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Particle Odyssey

    A Journey to the Heart of Matter

    by Frank Close, Michael Marten, Christine Sutton ...
    During the 20th century, scientists discovered what the Universe is made of; as the 21st century begins, they are preparing experiments to find out how it came to be like this. This great adventure, which will involve a metaphorical journey back in time to within a billionth of a second of the Big Bang, is the latest stage in the quest to understand the nature of the matter that makes our Universe ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Nothing: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos.Frank Close tells ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Void

    by Frank Close ...
    What is 'the void'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - 'nothing' - exist? This little book explores the science and the history of the elusive void: from Aristotle who insisted that the vacuum was impossible, via the theories of Newton and Einstein, to our very latest discoveries and why they can tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Frank Close tells the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Half-Life

    The Divided Life of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist or Spy

    by Frank Close ...
    It was at the height of the Cold War, in the summer of 1950, when Bruno Pontecorvo mysteriously vanished behind the Iron Curtain. Who was he, and what caused him to disappear? Was he simply a physicist, or also a spy and communist radical? A protege of Enrico Fermi, Pontecorvo was one of the most promising nuclear physicists in the world. He spent years hunting for the Higgs boson of his day -- ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Particle Physics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Following the discovery of the Higgs boson, Frank Close has produced this major revision to his classic and compelling introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe. Frank Close takes us on a journey into the atom to examine known particles such as quarks, electrons, and the ghostly neutrino, and explains the key role and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Theories of Everything: Ideas in Profile

    by Frank Close ...
    Series series Ideas in Profile - small books, big ideas
    Physicist Frank Close takes the reader to the frontiers of science in a vividly told investigation of revolutionary science and enterprise from the seventeenth century to the present. He looks at what has been meant by theories of everything, explores the scientific breakthroughs they have allowed, and shows the far-reaching effects they have had on crucial aspects of life and belief. Theories of ... Read more

    $7.39 USD

  • Small Things and Nothing

    by Frank Close ...
    Frank Close breaks down complex concepts in physics in this collection of three of his bestselling books. Including Neutrino, Antimatter, and The Void, this set brings to life the fascinating science of particle physics, neutrinos, antimatter, and nothing. Combing the knowledge of a renowned physicist with the art of a skilled writer, enter the world of physics in an enthralling and readable way. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD