Splitting the Atom
- ISBN-10
- 0237536285
- ISBN-13
- 9780237536282
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-01
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers
- Author
- Alan Morton
Description
Splitting the Atom investigates the theories and practical developments that led to the turning-point in nuclear science -the realisation that splitting the nucleus of an atom created energy that could be harnessed, for good and for ill.
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