Macmillan and Co, London , Quantum Books Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1963 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, under illustrated dust-jacket In-8 1 vol. - 108 pages
many figures 1st edition Contents, Chapitres : The atom is 2000 years old - Decaying atoms and cathode rays - Splitting the atom - The missing particle - The periodic table - Electron shells and quanta - Radioactivity and the nucleus - Transurania - Putting radioactivity to work - Putting the nucleus to work - Cosmic rays and strange particles - Important dates - The changing conception of the atom - Index the top of the jacket is very lightly torn, without significant missings, otherwise near fine copy - The book is inscribed by Charles Hatcher