Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman
James T. Ramey
Wilfrid E. Johnson
Dr. Theos J. Thompson
Dr. Clarence E. Larson
OUR ATOMIC WORLD
by C. Jackson Craven
CONTENTS
[THE GREEKS WERE CURIOUS ABOUT MATTER] 1 [THE ATOMIC THEORY IS CONFIRMED] 2 [CATHODE RAYS SHOW ATOMS CONTAIN SMALLER PARTS] 3 [RADIOACTIVE ATOMS DISCOVERED] 5 [RUTHERFORD FINDS THE ATOMIC NUCLEUS] 6 [THE PROTON IS RECOGNIZED] 8 [ISOTOPES ARE DISCOVERED] 9 [THE ALCHEMISTS’ DREAM COMES TRUE] 10 [SOME PARTICLES HAVE NO ELECTRIC CHARGE] 13 [MATTER IS ENERGY; ENERGY IS MATTER] 14 [NUCLEI CONTAIN ENERGY] 15 [CHRONOLOGY] 18 [FISSION IS EXPLAINED] 20 [THE FISSION BOMB IS EXPLODED] 23 [NUCLEAR ENERGY IS NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE] 25 [FUSION HAS POTENTIAL] 26 [ISOTOPES HAVE MANY USES] 29 [RADIOISOTOPES AT WORK] 30 [THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION] 31 [TOWARD AN INTERNATIONAL ATOM] 33 [SUGGESTED REFERENCES] 35
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Division of Technical Information
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-64918
1963; 1964 (Rev.)