Asimov Isaac. Worlds within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy

University Press of the Pacific, 2000. — 160 p. — ISBN 9780898750010, 0898750016.Complete edition comprising volumes I, II, III. Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) was a Russian-American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was a very prolific writer of science fiction and popular science books, with a total of more than 500 volumes published. His prodigious output has made him one of America's favorite interpreters of the roles of science and technology in shaping man's destiny. Asimov was also an outspoken atheist, humanist and rationalist and supported the use of nuclear energy for civil use.
«Worlds within Worlds» is a clear and synthetic exposition of the history of nuclear energy, from the first fundamental discoveries on the structure of matter up to the widespread use of nuclear energy in the early ‘70s. The essay concludes with a discussion of new technologies like nuclear fusion and possibilities beyond nuclear energy, such as anti-matter
«The Story of Nuclear Energy: Worlds Within Worlds» covers the entire story of nuclear energy from a basic explanation of atomic weights, energy and electricity to nuclear fission, fusion - beyond. First coming to public consciousness as The Bomb that ended World War II, it is now the forefront of our attention as a source of peacetime energy, whether from nuclear power plants or from the sun.
In the last 20 years, Isaac Asimov has written more than 150 books, including science fiction and many technical guides to scientific subjects.Volume 1
Introduction
Atomic Weights
Electricity
Units of Electricity
Cathode Rays
Radioactivity
The Structure of the Atom
Atomic Numbers
Isotopes
Energy
The Law of Conservation of Energy
Chemical Energy
Electrons and Energy
The Energy of the Sun
The Energy of Radioactivity
Volume 2
Mass and Energy
The Structure of the Nucleus
The Proton
The Proton-Electron Theory
Protons in Nuclei
Nuclear Bombardment
Particle Accelerators
The Neutron
Nuclear Spin
Discovery of the Neutron
The Proton-Neutron Theory
The Nuclear Interaction
Neutron Bombardment
Volume 3
Nuclear Fission
New Elements
The Discovery of Fission
The Nuclear Chain Reaction
The Nuclear Bomb
Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear Fusion
The Energy of the Sun
Thermonuclear Bombs
Controlled Fusion
Beyond Fusion
Antimatter
The Unknown
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