Academician Popular Science Book Series (Volume 2)

Author: Jin Qinghuan
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: "The Academician Popular Science Series (Volume 2) (Set of 25)": Promoting the spirit of science, spreading scientific thinking, advocating scientific methods, and popularizing scientific knowledge. "Five Milestones in Human Understanding of the World": This book selects one revolutionary theory from five fundamental disciplines (physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, biology)—atom theory, the periodic law, the Big Bang theory, plate tectonics, and evolution—to trace their historical development and look into their future prospects. While gaining knowledge, readers will also find more food for thought and inspiration. "Artificial Sun—Confinement Fusion": Faced with the impending energy crisis, humanity must explore new energy sources. This book will take you into the world of the artificial sun, helping you understand the research achievements in nuclear physics and nuclear technology that will benefit humanity. This series also includes: "Neutron—The Golden Key to the Atomic Age," "Accelerators and Technological Innovation," "We Live in a Magnetic World—Magnetism of Matter and Its Applications," "Rare Earth Elements—The Great Family Around Us," "Mysterious Light—Lasers," "Human Catastrophe—Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Explosions," "The Changing and Flowing Science—Multiphase Fluid Mechanics," "Fuzziness—The Other Half of Precision," "The Wonderful Surface Engineering," "Space and Aeronautics Technology and Materials Science," "Aluminum in the Soil—The Messenger of Technological Takeoff," "The Window to the World of Energy," "The Oil Tree with a Mysterious Smell," "Mysterious Geothermal Energy," "Underwater Mineral Resources," "Iron and Aluminum of the 21st Century," "Digital Earth and Surveying," "The Cornerstone of the Information Society—Computers," "Teaching Computers to Read—An Introduction to Chinese Character Recognition," "The Seeds of Paradise—Tropical Crops," "Facing Nature's Retaliation—Disaster Prevention and Reduction," "Karst—The World of Strange Peaks and Caves," "Women's Health Care."