Matter [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction
Geoff Cottrell2019
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What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the
world are made. Everything around us-from desks, to books, to our own bodies-are
made of atoms, which are small enough that a million of them can fit across the
breadth of a human hair. Inside every atom is a tiny nucleus and orbiting the
nucleus is a cloud of electrons. The nucleus is made out of protons and
neutrons, and by zooming in further, you would find that inside each there are
even smaller particles: quarks. Together with electrons, the quarks are the
smallest particles that have been seen, and are the indivisible fundamental
particles of nature that have existed since the Big Bang, almost 14 billion
years ago. The ninety-two different chemical elements that all normal matter is
made from were forged billions of years ago in the Big Bang, inside stars, and
in violent stellar explosions.
This Very Short Introduction takes us on a journey from the human scale of
matter in the familiar eve...
Main title:
Matter [electronic resource] : A Very Short Introduction / Geoff Cottrell
Author:
Geoff Cottrell, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Audio, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (123 MB, 04:30:41 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Nigel Patterson
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781630151652
Language:
English
BRN:
436909
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |