_Basic Laws of Matter_ (revised edition), Harrie S. W. Massey and
Arthur R. Quinton, Herald Books, Bronxville, New York, 1965, 178 pp.,
$3.75. Grades 7-9. A nontechnical presentation of atoms and the laws
governing their behavior.
_Biography of Physics_, George Gamow, Harper & Row, Publishers, New
York, 1961, 338 pp., $6.50 (hardback); $2.75 (paperback). Grades 9-12.
A history of theoretical physics.
_Discoverer of X Rays: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen_, Arnulf K. Esterer,
Julian Messner, New York, 1968, 191 pp., $3.50. Grades 7-10. This
interesting biography includes a brief, but very helpful, pronouncing
gazetteer of the German, Swiss, and Dutch names in the text.
_Ernest Rutherford: Architect of the Atom_, Peter Kelman and A. Harris
Stone, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1969, 72
pp., $3.95. Grades 5-7. A well-done biography of this famous atomic
scientist. Many of the drawings illustrate theoretical ideas very well
for the elementary grades. A glossary is included.
_Enrico Fermi: Atomic Pioneer_, Doris Faber, Prentice-Hall, Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966, 86 pp., $3.95. Grades 5-8. A
biography of the man who built the first reactor.
_Giant of the Atom: Ernest Rutherford_, Robin McKown, Julian Messner,
New York, 1962, 191 pp., $3.50. Grades 7-12. The life and
accomplishments of a great physicist.
_The History of the Atomic Bomb_, Michael Blow, American Heritage
Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1968, 150 pp., $5.95. Grades 5-9.
This sumptuously illustrated history provides an informative
explanation of nuclear physics in addition to comprehensive coverage
of the bomb’s development and use.
_Inside the Atom_, Isaac Asimov, Abelard-Schuman, Ltd., New York,
1966, 197 pp., $4.00. Grades 7-10. This comprehensive, well-written
text explains nuclear energy and its applications.
_Madame Curie: A Biography_, Eve Curie, translated by Vincent Sheean,
Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York, 1937, 385 pp., $5.95
(hardback); $0.95 (paperback). Grades 9-12. This superb biography,
which won the 1937 National Book Award for Nonfiction, illustrates
dramatically the full spectrum of Marie Curie’s life.
_Men Who Mastered the Atom_, Robert Silverberg, G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
New York, 1965, 193 pp., $3.49. Grades 7-9. Atomic energy history is
told through the work of pioneer scientists from Thales to present-day
researchers.
_The Neutron Story_, Donald J. Hughes, Doubleday and Company, Inc.,
New York, 1959, 158 pp., out of print. Grades 7-9. A substantial and
interesting account of neutron physics.
_Niels Bohr: The Man Who Mapped the Atom_, Robert Silverberg, MacRae
Smith Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965, 189 pp., $3.95.
Grades 8-12. An exciting, suspenseful, and humorous biography of one
of the pioneers in atomic energy. Includes a glossary and references.
_The Questioners: Physicists and the Quantum Theory_, Barbara Lovett
Cline, Crowell Collier and MacMillan, Inc., New York, 1965, 274 pp.,
$5.00 (hardback); available in paperback with the title _Men Who Made
A New Physics: Physicists and the Quantum Theory_, New American
Library, Inc., New York, $0.75. Grades 9-12. An exceptionally
well-delineated and personable account of the development of the
quantum theory by physicists in the first quarter of this century.
_The Restless Atom_, Alfred Romer, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New
York, 1960, 198 pp., $1.25. Grades 9-12. A stimulating nonmathematical
account of the classic early experiments that advanced knowledge about
atomic particles.
_Roads to Discovery_, Ralph E. Lapp, Harper and Row, Publishers, New
York, 1960, 191 pp., out of print. Grades 10-12. Historical survey of
nuclear physics beginning with Roentgen’s discovery of X rays and
concluding with the discoveries of the rare elements.
_Secret of the Mysterious Rays: The Discovery of Nuclear Energy_,
Vivian Grey, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1966, 120 pp.,
$3.95. Grades 4-8. This outstanding history of nuclear research from
Roentgen to Fermi is dramatically presented. The uncertainty of the
unknown, the accidental discovery and the often lengthy and tedious
research are woven in this story of scientists from around the world
who pooled their knowledge and experience to unlock “the secrets of
the mysterious rays”.
_Wilhelm Roentgen and the Discovery of X Rays_, Bern Dibner, Franklin
Watts, Inc., New York, 1968, 149 pp., $2.95. Grades 5-8. This detailed
biography, illustrated with line drawings, historical photographs, and
papers, is a fine addition to Watts’ “Immortals of Science” Series.
_Working with Atoms_, Otto R. Frisch, Basic Books, Inc., New York,
1965, 96 pp., $4.95. Grades 9-12. Dr. Frisch presents a history of
nuclear energy research and provides experiments for the reader. He
gives a personal account of the pioneering work in which he and Lise
Meitner explained the splitting of uranium and introduced the term
“nuclear fission”.