nucleus, in physics: Bibliography

See G. Gamow, The Atom and Its Nucleus (1961); R. K. Adair, The Great Design: Particles, Fields, and Creation (1987).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Scientific Investigations of the Nucleus
• Scientific Notation for the Nucleus and Nuclear Reactions
• Models of the Nucleus
• Mass Defect, Binding Energy, and Nuclear Reactions
• Size and Density
• Composition
• Bibliography

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