{"product_id":"9781612101910","title":"The Tale of the Atom","description":"A simple experiment has disastrous results for the planet Earth!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtwar spun his motor-chair deftly about and rolled over to the blue enameled all-metal cabinet. Pulling out a drawer he withdrew a small instrument and sped back to his slate-topped workbench. Once there he made a few adjustments in the weird machine that stood upon it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA weird machine it was, a jumbled mass of wires that led to a small, porcelain-like chamber within which the wires seemed to be fused into a solid mass. Above the chamber was a compound microscope of peculiar shape, with a double eyepiece and a sort of keyboard mounted on its side. There were other peculiar things about the microscope; for instance had one been able to examine it, he would have noticed that all the illumination was provided through a microscopic aperture underneath the chamber, and that the light was artificial, provided by a mercury lamp of some type and filtered through two lenses before it reached the hole. Had Atwar been in a talkative mood, which he never was, he would have explained, that the purpose of those lenses was to increase the magnifying power in a peculiar system of his own.","brand":"eStar Books LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134327701744,"sku":"9781612101910","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612101910_p0.jpg?v=1763844684","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612101910","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}