A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space

Friedlander, Michael W.

ISBN 10: 0674009894 / ISBN 13: 9780674009899

Edité par Harvard University Press, 2002

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A lovely clean copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles from Outer Space
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674009894
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674009899
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Enigmatic for many years, cosmic rays are now known to be not rays at all, but particles, the nuclei of atoms, raining down continually on the earth, where they can be detected throughout the atmosphere and sometimes even thousands of feet underground. This book tells the long-running detective story behind the discovery and study of cosmic rays, a story that stretches from the early days of subatomic particle physics in the 1890s to the frontiers of high-energy astrophysics today.

À propos de l?auteur

Michael W. Friedlander is Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis.