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No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Original Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Inscribed
No
Vintage
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ISBN
9780262048828
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262048825
ISBN-13
9780262048828
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23061251999

Product Key Features

Book Title
Splinters of Infinity : Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists over the Secrets of Creation
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Physics / Astrophysics, Cosmology, History, Physics / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Author
Mark Wolverton
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2023-019247
Table Of Content
CONTENTS PRELUDE: SHAKING HANDS WITH MUSSOLINI 1 1 "A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION" 5 2 THE PENETRATING RADIATION 15 3A ONENESS ABOUT THE WHOLE OF NATURE 27 4 THE DIN OF BATTLE 39 5 CHALLENGERS 53 6 MOUNTAINEERS, FLIERS, AND SAVANTS 65 7 TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 79 8 GLOBETROTTING 93 9 SKYSCRAPING 107 10 THROWING THE GAUNTLET 115 11 THE GATHERING FORCES 129 12 HIGH NOON IN ATLANTIC CITY 141 13 HOORAY FOR THE COSMIC RAYS 153 14 FALLING AND RISING 167 15 RISING AND FALLING 181 16 CREATION AND ANNIHILATION 193 17 QUARRELS IN THE FAMILY 203 18 A SORT OF PEACE 221 POSTLUDE: THE UNITY OF ALL CREATION 231 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 235 NOTES 237 BIBLIOGRAPHY 259 INDEX 263
Synopsis
The riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe. Set in a revolutionary era of physics and science when a series of rapid-fire discoveries was upending our understanding of the universe, Splinters of Infinity by Mark Wolverton tells a little-known story- the tale of two of America's foremost physicists, Robert Millikan (1868-1953) and Arthur Compton (1892-1962), who found themselves locked in an intense, often deeply personal, conflict about cosmic rays. Confirmed in 1912, cosmic rays-enigmatic forms of penetrating radiation-seemed to raise all new questions about the origins of the universe, but they also offered the potential to explain everything-or reveal the existence of God. In engaging, accessible prose, Wolverton takes the reader through the twists and turns of the Millikan-Compton debate, one of the first major public examples of how heated the controversies among scientists could become-and the lengths that scientists would go to settle their disputes. What set them apart, at least in most cases, Wolverton shows, was their ability to concentrate finally on what mattered- the science. Along the way, Wolverton probes the forever elusive question, still unanswered today, about where cosmic rays come from and what they reveal about black holes, distant galaxies, the existence of dark matter and dark energy, and the birth of the universe, concluding that these splinters of infinity may not hold the keys to the secret of creation but do bring us ever closer to it.
LC Classification Number
QC485.W625 2024

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