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 st
A Thin Cosmic Rain: Particles From Outer Space
โ Scribed by Michael W. Friedlander
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 241
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Tells the long-running detective story behind the discovery and study of cosmic rays. A theme of his story is the technology of detection, for snaring a proton moving nearly at light speed is 'no mean trick."
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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 st
<p> 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
<p> 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