Antimatter is one of the strangest discoveries in physics - an opposite to the 'normal' matter which makes up the world in which we live our everyday lives, and which annihilates anything it touches in a blinding flash of energy Explores the science of antimatter - what it is, and what it can tell us about theorigins and structure of the cosmos Tells the story of the prediction and discovery of the first antiparticles - borne out of Dirac's inspired combination of quantum theory and relativity Explains how antimatter is created in particle accelrators such as CERN, and asks whether antimatter bombs and antimatter-powered spacecraft could ever become a reality Accessible as well as being authoritative: Frank Close is a renowned science writer who was on the committee at CERN which authorised research into antimatter, and which inspired Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957887-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés