Reviews

Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos by D.F. Bach, Isaac Asimov

remocpi's review against another edition

5.0

El viejo maestro Asimov hace un recorrido histórico por la física de partículas desde Aristóteles hasta los quarks. Aunque hoy en día está ya un poco anticuado (faltan el Higgs y algunas otras cosas), la mayor parte del libro ha aguantado muy bien el paso del tiempo. Don Isaac era un maestro desmenuzando conceptos; lo hacía tan bien que pocas veces necesitaba acudir a las analogías. Una grandísima obra introductoria.

david_reads_books's review against another edition

5.0

The great explainer, Isaac Asimov (400+ books, 50 years), does a fantastic job introducing us all to the insides of an atom. This is the fundamentals of particle physics in a clear, concise, lean and readable book.

Ch Subject
1. Matter
2. Light
3. Electrons
4. Nuclei
5. Isotopes
6. Neutrons
7. Breakdowns
8. Antimatter
9. Neutrinos
10. Interactions
11. Quarks
12. The Universe

dernhelm7's review against another edition

5.0

Brilliant. He makes it all sound so simple—as it should be! A great foundation for understanding anything else in physics on a conceptual level.

jenn_reads's review against another edition

3.0

I'm retroactively disappointed in my science education. There was all kinds of fascinating stuff in this book, including Asimov's editorializing. It is pretty heavy on white dudes, and it makes me curious about the politics of the Nobel Prize in physics. All in all, worth the read.