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The Making Of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781471111235
RRP: £16.99£12.08WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe Making of the Atomic Bomb is the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the vast energy locked inside the atom to the dropping of the first bombs on Japan. Few... -
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel 9781851687794
RRP: £10.99£7.38The international bestseller from the author of Breakfast with Einstein Emmy is no ordinary dog. When adopted from the shelter by physics professor Chad Orzel, she becomes immediately fascinated by his work. Could she use quantum tunnelling to get... -
Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction by John Polkinghorne
RRP: £8.99£6.45Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding of the sub-atomic world. It does not disguise... -
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass by Frank Close 9780141997582
RRP: £12.99£9.09The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of itIn the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the... -
Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy 9780141997179
RRP: £12.99£9.09CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian... -
Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction by Maxwell Irvine
RRP: £8.99£6.45With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the... -
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
RRP: £14.99£10.95'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,... -
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet by Arthur Turrell 9781474611602
RRP: £9.99£6.80Is it possible to build a star on earth?When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the end of the century, Professor Stephen Hawking replied 'I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an... -
Quantum Mechanics (A Ladybird Expert Book) by Jim Al-Khalili
RRP: £7.99£5.79What is quantum mechanics? Learn from the experts in the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIESA clear, simple and entertaining introduction to the weird, mind-bending world of the very, very small.Written by physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili,... -
Trinity: a Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
RRP: £10.99£7.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809093557Author Jonathan Fetter-VormFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. -
Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close 9780192873750
RRP: £8.99£6.45Very 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... -
Future Of Fusion Energy, The by Jason Parisi
RRP: £45.00£39.49'The text provides an interesting history of previous and anticipated accomplishments, ending with a chapter on the relationship of fusion power to nuclear weaponry. They conclude on an optimistic note, well worth being understood by the general public... -
Black Sun by Owen Matthews
RRP: £9.99£7.67'Outstanding' SUNDAY TIMES 'A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting' DAILY MAIL 'Fascinating . . . fearsome' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Enthralling' FINANCIAL TIMES'Thrilling . . . compelling' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE1961... -
Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths
RRP: £67.00£54.59In the second, revised edition of a well-established textbook, the author strikes a balance between quantitative rigor and intuitive understanding, using a lively, informal style. The first chapter provides a detailed historical introduction to the... -
Neutrino by Frank Close 9780199695997
RRP: £9.99£7.11What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most matter with ease. These tiny, ghostly particles are... -
The Theory Of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumphs of Modern Physics by Robert Oerter
RRP: £12.99£11.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287860Author Robert OerterFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 309g -
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes 9781451677614
RRP: £24.00£18.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451677614Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1089gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Who Cares about Particle Physics?: Making Sense of the Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider and CERN by Pauline Gagnon
RRP: £34.49£29.67CERN, the European Laboratory for particle physics, regularly makes the news. What kind of research happens at this international laboratory and how does it impact people's daily lives? Why is the discovery of the Higgs boson so important? Particle... -
Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator by Gregory B Jaczko 9781476755779
RRP: £17.00£10.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476755779Author Gregory B JaczkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics by Francesco Terranova 9780192845245
RRP: £77.00£72.35A Modern Primer in Particle and Nuclear Physics provides a cohesive introduction to the fundamentals of the field and is designed to be accessible to undergraduate students. The textbook provides an ideal entry point and presents the modern concepts,... -
The Case for Nukes by Robert Zubrin 9781736386064
RRP: £19.95£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736386064Author Robert ZubrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Polaris BooksPublisher Polaris Books -
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene 9780393338102
£12.80Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter-from the smallest quarks to the most... -
Constructing Quarks: Sociological History of Particle Physics by Andrew Pickering
RRP: £37.00£36.17Recounts the history of the post-war conceptual development of elementary-particle physics. Inviting a reappraisal of the status of scientific knowledge, the text suggests that scientists are not mere passive observers and reporters of nature. Rather... -
Measurement and Detection of Radiation by Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
RRP: £110.00£95.11As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fifth edition provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials, systems, and applications. There have been many advances in the... -
Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Frank Close
RRP: £8.99£6.45Nuclear 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... -
The Neutrino Story: One Tiny Particle’s Grand Role in the Cosmos by Rabindra N. Mohapatra
RRP: £27.99£25.65Every second of every day, we are exposed to billions of neutrinos emitted by the Sun, and yet they seem to pass straight through us with no apparent effect at all. Tiny and weakly interacting this subatomic particle may be, but this book will show you... -
Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking by Charles Seife 9780143116349
RRP: £24.00£16.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116349Author Charles SeifeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 255gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 133mm... -
Atoms and Ashes: From Bikini Atoll to Fukushima by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £25.00£18.02CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY 'Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen' Kai BirdBest-selling historian... -
Introducing Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide by Tom Whyntie
RRP: £8.99£6.08What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature?Introducing Particle Physics explores the very frontiers of our knowledge, even showing how particle physicists are now using theory and experiment to probe our very concept of what is real. ... -
Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics by Michael E. Peskin 9780198812197
RRP: £38.49£36.68The purpose of this textbook is to explain the Standard Model of particle physics to a student with an undergraduate preparation in physics. Today we can claim to have a fundamental picture of the strong and weak subnuclear forces. Through an interplay... -
Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future by Kate Brown
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Remarkable . . . grips with the force of a thriller' Robert Macfarlane'The most brilliant and essential book on Chernobyl since that of Nobel Prize-winner Svetlana Alexievich' Irish Times** National Book Critics Circle Finalist 2019 **The official death... -
Phenomenology of Particle Physics by Andre Rubbia
RRP: £74.99£67.76Written for a two-semester Master's or graduate course, this comprehensive treatise intertwines theory and experiment in an original approach that covers all aspects of modern particle physics. The author uses rigorous step-by-step derivations and... -
From Spinors to Supersymmetry by Herbi K. Dreiner
RRP: £74.99£68.29Supersymmetry is an extension of the successful Standard Model of particle physics; it relies on the principle that fermions and bosons are related by a symmetry, leading to an elegant predictive structure for quantum field theory. This textbook provides... -
Invisible Universe, The: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And The Origin And End Of The Universe by Antonino Del Popolo
RRP: £35.00£30.95This book describes some of the frontier problems of cosmology: our almost total ignorance of what the Universe is made up of, the mystery of its origin and its end. The book starts with a description of the historical events that led to the construction... -
How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor by Colin Tucker 9783030338756
RRP: £24.99£19.30Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It'll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of... -
The Quantum World: The disturbing theory at the heart of reality by Scientist New
RRP: £10.99£7.40Forget everything you thought you knew about reality.The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwards and forwards in time. Waves and particles are one and the same, and objects change their behaviour... -
Elementary Particles and Their Interactions by Stephen P. Martin
RRP: £89.99£81.01The Standard Model of elementary particle physics was tentatively outlined in the early 1970s. The concepts of quarks, leptons, neutrinos, gauge symmetries, chiral interactions, Higgs boson, strong force, weak force, and electromagnetism were all put... -
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists by Robert Jungk 9780156141505
RRP: £21.99£15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156141505Author Robert JungFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 359g -
Matter: A Very Short Introduction by Geoff Cottrell
RRP: £8.99£6.45What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us, from desks, to books, to our own bodies are made of atoms, which are small enough that a million of them can fit across the breadth of a... -
The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics: A Primer for the LHC Era by John Campbell 9780199652747
RRP: £71.00£68.42This is an open access title. It is available to read and download as a free PDF version on Oxford Academic and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The Black Book of Quantum Chromodynamics is an in-depth introduction to...