atoms

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How did we find out about atoms?

1982
Discusses the concept of atoms and evidence of their existence accumulated since the time of the ancient Greeks.

Atoms and energy

1976
Discusses the structure of the atom and its role in the production of nuclear energy.

How did we find out about nuclear power?

1976
Traces the work of many scientists over more than one hundred years in developing man's knowledge of nuclear power.

Atoms and molecules

2009
Introduces students to the basic properties of atoms and molecules and examines the role they play in daily life.

Atoms & molecules

building blocks of the universe
2007
Discusses how physicists and chemists discovered that everything in the universe is made up of tiny particles called atoms and how atoms of different elements can join together to make new substances.

The noble gases

helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon
2010
An introduction to the noble gases--helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon--that provides information on their properties and explains how they are used in everyday life.

Ghosts and atoms

2012
This book, in graphic novel format, uses ghosts to explain the science of atoms.

Matter

2000
Examines the elements that make up the physical world and the properties and behavior of different kinds of matter.

Molecules and atoms

1985
Explains how all matter is composed of atoms, which join together to form molecules, and how scientists have learned to release energy by splitting the atom.

Atoms

2002
Explains what atoms are and how they join together to form matter; describes molecules, chemical properties, and nuclear energy; and presents several experiments that can be done at home. Also includes the periodic table and charts of common elements and chemicals.

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