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A Visit To Transurania – Knorre

In this post, we will see the book A Visit To Transurania -by E. Knorre. About the book: The synthesis of elements heavier than uranium has opened up new spheres in our knowledge of nature and new fields of nuclear … Continue reading

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On The Way To Super Elements (Scientists To School Children) – Flerov, Ilyinov

In this post, we will see the book On The Way To Super Elements (Scientists To School Children) by G. N. Flerov and A. S. Ilyinov. This book is a part of the series Scientists To School Children. About the … Continue reading

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Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors – Klimov

In this post we will see Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Reactors by A. Klimov. About the book: The book covers different aspects of nuclear physics. In chapters 1 to 4 basics of nuclear physics and interactions of elementary particles are … Continue reading

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Metals and Man – Vasilyev

We come to a book by M. Vasilyev whose book Matter and Man we saw earlier. This book is similarly titled Metals and Man. There is another Vasilyev, namely N. B. Vasilyev, whose book with V.L. Gutenmacher titled Straight Lines … Continue reading

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Science for Everyone – Storming the Fortress of Fusion

In the Science for Everyone Series we now come to the book Storming the Fortress of Fusion by G. S. Vornov. This book is one of the earliest Mir books that I have bought. [You can get the book here.] … Continue reading

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