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8. Applied nuclear physics
Frank Close
in Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction
Nuclear physics is a rich and active field. The large amounts of latent energy within the nuclei of atoms can be liberated in nuclear reactors. Together with nuclear weapons, this is the ...
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4. States of matter
Peter Atkins
in Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
‘States of matter’ describes the three traditional states — gas, liquid, and solid — and the models used to predict and understand their behaviour. The van der Waals equation of state ...
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7. Some past and current controversies
John Finney
in Water: A Very Short Introduction
The structure, dynamics, and properties of water are pretty well understood. We have a good idea of its structure, and how that structure explains why its properties are sometimes different ...
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10. What have superconductors ever done for us?
Stephen Blundell
in Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction
With the perspective of nearly a century of research into superconductivity, it is easy to recognize a recurring pattern: a cycle of breakthrough, followed by feverish excitement and media ...
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5. Its techniques
Peter Atkins
in Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
To bring about its reactions and to identify what has been produced, chemistry uses a wide variety of techniques. Similar techniques are used in analytical and forensic laboratories to ...
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6. Sources of radiation
A. M. Glazer
in Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction
To observe diffraction from crystals it is necessary to have a source of radiation whose wavelength is of the same order as the atomic spacings. ‘Sources of radiation’ shows that the ...
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Physical Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
Peter Atkins
With the development of a variety of exciting new areas of research involving computational chemistry, nano- and smart materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene, there ...
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