Frank Close
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Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age
$32.00 Add to cartThe thrilling and terrifying seventy-year story of the physics that deciphered the atom and created the hydrogen bomb
Although Henri Becquerel didn’t know it at the time, he changed history in 1895- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605896
- Language: English
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Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNuclear 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 … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 198718632
- Language: English
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Nothing: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis short, smart book tells you everything you need to know about “nothing.” What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space–“nothing”–exist? To answer these questions, eminent scie… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 26 2009
- ISBN10: 0199225869
- Language: English
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Eclipses: What Everyone Needs to Knowr
$16.95 Add to cart“Have you ever seen a total solar eclipse?” If the question caused you to search your memory, the correct answer would have been “no.” A common response is: “Yes–I saw one, it was about 90% partial e… [more below]
- Series: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0190902469
- Language: English
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Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass
$30.00 Read more*A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice Selection*
The first major biography of Peter Higgs, revealing how a short burst of work changed modern physicsOn July 4, 2012, the announcement came t
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1541620801
- Language: English
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Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery 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 fundame- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Close, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 23 2024
- ISBN10: 019287375X
- Language: English
