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YAMilestones in Discovery and Invention series.
Focusing on seven physicists and their discoveries, the text presents a fine history of the experiments and thought leading to our present (decidedly incomplete) grasp of nuclear phenomena and ultimate particles. The explanations are clear, and even quite abstract problems are presented understandably. Black-and-white photos and drawings are included, and each chapter contains a bibliography. Ind.