The Story of Atomic Energy (World Landmark books, 48)
This lively, illuminating book describes, step by step, how man conquered the atom. The story began many centuries ago, with a Greek philosopher named Democritus. Scientists from England, France, Germany, Italy, and Denmark made their contributions as time passed; among them Ernest Rutherford, who shot off a new kind of "gun" and shattered the atom under the gun's heavy bom...more
