Nuclear Science

* Discusses the subject from its very beginning.
* Clarity in the presentation of concepts.
* Many questions arising in inquisitive young minds on nuclear energy answered.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Ours is an age of incredible breakthrough in science and technology. Man has blazed a trail into outer space, built 'thinking machines' and made a giant progress, but yet he is not fully aware of what exactly is inside the atom. The nucleus, however remains somewhat a riddle. How are the nucleons packed within a tiny nucleus? What is the nature of nuclear force? How can the nucleus be smashed open to harness the tremendous energy, it yields? The master theorists and experimenters have designed and built huge machines called accelerators to probe into the nucleus and solve nuclear mysteries. Particle science has gained prominence and has emerged as exciting field of research.

It is imperative, therefore, that the young people interested in science read this book. It is our firm belief that this book will also help many with the crucial choice-their further studies and future occupation. We feel this will make very interesting reading without unnecessarily taxing the mind, but at the same time imparting the knowledge required to complement a prescribed course on the topic. CONTENTS:

* The Atom's Ancestry
* Radioactivity-Natural and Artificial Radioactivity
* Nuclear Chemistry
* Peri-Pheral of Nucleus-Behaviour of Electrons
* Nuclear Energy
* The Friendly Nucleus
* How Long Do Atoms Live?-Half Life Period
* How Old is Wood or Earth?-Radio Active Dating
* Use of Radio-Element in Health Science
* More Uses of Radio-Isotopes
* Artificial Transmutation of Elements-The Alchemy
* Misuse of Nuclear Energy
* Synthetic Elements
* Subatomic Particles
* Energy Scenario-Energy Shortfall
* Recent Development in the Field of Nuclear Energy

READERSHIP:

* UG/PG students of Nuclear Physics
* University and college libraries
* Teachers, practising scientists and researchers

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About the Author

Dr D Nasipuri is a retired Professor and Chairman in the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He received his PhD (1955) and DSc (1964) degrees from the University of Calcutta where he was a Faculty member since 1950. He moved to IIT, Kharagpur in 1969 as a Professor of Chemistry and retired in 1985. Since 1986, he worked in the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology first as a Senior Scientist, Indian National Science Academy and then as an Emeritus Scientist, CSIR. He collaborated with two very distinguished scientists, Professor A.J. Birch in the University Manchester, UK and Professor E.L Eliel in the University of Notre Dame, USA. In different times, he had been a Leverhulme visiting fellow in the University of New South Wales, Australia, a Senior Royal Society Bursar Fellow in Oxford University, a guest scientist in Warsaw under the Polish Academy of Sciences, twice a visiting scientist in the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, and a visiting professor in the University of Toronto, Canada. His main research interests are in the areas of organic synthesis and stereochemistry, especially in asymmetric synthesis in which he is a pioneer. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, USA.