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_] INTRODUCTION In a way, nuclear energy has been serving man as long as he has existed. It has served all of life; it has flooded the earth for billions of years. IA INTRODUCTION IN A WAY NUCLEAR ENERGY HAS BEEN SERVING MAN AS LONG AS HE HAS EXISTED IT HAS SERVED ALL OF LIFE IT HAS FLOODED THE EARTH FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS
ograph of night sky] VOLUME 1 Introduction 5 Atomic Weights 6 Electricity 11 Units of Electricity 11 Cathode Rays 13 Radioactivity 17 The Structure of the Atom 25 Atomic Numbers 30 Isotopes 35 Energy 47 The Law of Conservation of Energy 47 Chemical Energy 50 Electrons and Energy 54 The Energy of the Sun 55 The Energy of Radioactivity 57 VOLUME 2 Mass and Energy 69 The Structure of the Nucleus 75 The Proton 75 The Proton-Electron Theory 76 Protons in Nuclei 80 Nuclear Bombardment 82 Particle Accelerators 86 The Neutron 92 Nuclear Spin 92 Discovery of the Neutron 95 The Proton-Neutron Theory 98 The Nuclear Interaction 101 Neutron Bombardment 107 VOLUME 3 Nuclear Fission 117 New Elements 117 The Discovery of Fission 122 The Nuclear Chain Reaction 127 The Nuclear Bomb 131 Nuclear Reactors 141 Nuclear Fusion 147 The Energy of the Sun 147 Thermonuclear Bombs 149 Controlled Fusion 151 Beyond Fusion 159 Antimatter 159 The Unknown 164 Reading List 166 [Illustration: _A total eclipse of the sun.  SECTION NUMBER ONE OF WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS THE STORY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY BY ISAAC ASIMOV THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT O R G RECORDING BY BLAINE ADEN MAC COY RIVERSIDE CALIFORN
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