Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics

By Jon Butterworth

Book Overview

Welcome to Atom Land, the impossibly small world of quantum physics. With award-winning physicist Jon Butterworth as your guide, you'll set sail from Port Electron in search of strange new terrain. Each discovery will expand the horizons of your trusty map--from the Hadron Island to the Isle of Quarks and beyond. Just beware of Dark Energy and other sea monsters

A masterful work of metaphor, Atom Land also gives form to the forces that shape the universe: Electromagnetism is a highway system; the strong force, a railway; the weak force, an airline. But, like Butterworth, you may find that curiosity is the strongest force of all--one that pulls you across the subatomic seas, toward the unknown realm of Antimatter, and to the very outer reaches of the cosmos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1615193731
• ISBN13: 9781615193738
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Experiment
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"