Frank Close: Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [2015] paperback PRENF WINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE

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Frank Close: Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [2015] paperback PRENF WINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZENuclear 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 up in the cores of stars and in supernovae, the