Matter: a very short introduction [First edition] 9780198806547, 9780192529183, 019880654X

What is matter? Matter is the stuff from which we and all the things in the world are made. Everything around us -- from

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English Pages xix, 149 pages: illustrations; 18 cm Year 2019

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Matter: a very short introduction [First edition]
 9780198806547, 9780192529183, 019880654X

Table of contents :
What is matter? --
Atoms --
Forms of matter --
Energy, mass, and light --
The quantum world of the atom --
Quantum matter --
Fundamental particles --
Where do the elements come from? --
Dark matter and dark energy.

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