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Informationen zum Autor Kit Chapman is an award-winning science journalist and broadcaster. Initially qualifying as a pharmacist, Chapman began his career on medical journal The Practitioner before moving to Chemist+Druggist , the UK's leading magazine for pharmacists. After stints as campaign website manager for the British Medical Association and clinical editor for The Pharmaceutical Journal , Chapman was appointed comment editor for Chemistry World . Chapman also writes for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph , and has appeared as an expert for the BBC and Sky News. @ChemistryKit Klappentext Shortlisted for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books Creating an element is no easy feat. It's the equivalent of firing six trillion bullets a second at a needle in a haystack, hoping the bullet and needle somehow fuse together, then catching it in less than a thousandth of a second - after which it's gone forever. Welcome to the world of the superheavy elements: a realm where scientists use giant machines and spend years trying to make a single atom of mysterious artefacts that have never existed on Earth. From the first elements past uranium and their role in the atomic bomb to the latest discoveries stretching our chemical world, Superheavy will reveal the hidden stories lurking at the edges of the periodic table. Why did the US Air Force fly planes into mushroom clouds? Who won the transfermium wars? How did an earthquake help give Japan its first element? And what happened when Superman almost spilled nuclear secrets? In a globe-trotting adventure that stretches from the United States to Russia, Sweden to Australia, Superheavy is your guide to the amazing science filling in the missing pieces of the periodic table. By the end you'll not only marvel at how nuclear science has changed our lives - you'll wonder where it's going to take us in the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrologueIntroduction PART I: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM Chapter 1: Modern AlchemyChapter 2: The Secret of Gilman HallChapter 3: How to Build a Nuclear WeaponChapter 4: Superman vs the FBIChapter 5: Universitium ofium Californium BerkeliumChapter 6: The Death of Jimmy RobinsonChapter 7: Presidents and Beetles PART II: TRANSFERMIUM WARS Chapter 8: NobelieviumChapter 9: From Russia with FlerovChapter 10: The East and the WestChapter 11: Xanthasia and the Magic NumbersChapter 12: Life at the Edge of ScienceChapter 13: The Atoms that Came in from the ColdChapter 14: Changing the RulesChapter 15: How to Name your Element PART III: THE END OF CHEMISTRY Chapter 16: After the Wall Came DownChapter 17: The Ninov FraudChapter 18: A New HopeChapter 19: Beams of the Rising SunChapter 20: The Edge of the UnknownChapter 21: Beyond Superheavy EpilogueReferencesAcknowledgementsIndex ...
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Kit Chapman is an award-winning journalist and adventurer. With more than a decade of experience writing for titles such as Nature, New Scientist, Chemistry World, Physics World and the Daily Telegraph, his work has taken him to more than 75 countries as he seeks amazing tales from the cutting edge of science.
Kit has a PhD in the history of science from the University of Sunderland, is a lecturer at Falmouth University and a contributor to Formula One's F1 Global Exhibition, currently on tour around the world.
