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Much ado about (practically) nothing : a history of the noble gases
- Title
- Much ado about (practically) nothing : a history of the noble gases / David E. Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, David E., 1932-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- x, 264 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Gases, Rare
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Philosophy and apology -- In the beginning -- Helium -- Argon and the rest -- Helium and the age of the Earth -- The strange case of helium and the nuclear atom -- Interlude : helium, argon, and creationism -- Meanwhile, back at Brookhaven -- Cornell, the ten-minute experiment, and back to argon -- K/Ar and the irons -- Interlude : the spreading oceans -- Dating the spreading seafloor -- The argon surprise -- Primordial helium and argon and the evolution of the Earth -- Xenology -- The coldest place on Earth -- Back to the stars -- The neutrino revolution -- Life and death on Mars and Earth -- Radon and you -- L'envoi.
- Call Number
- JSD 13-36
- ISBN
- 9780195393965 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0195393961 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009054365
- OCLC
- 500186589
- Author
- Fisher, David E., 1932-
- Title
- Much ado about (practically) nothing : a history of the noble gases / David E. Fisher.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSD 13-36