From Transuranic to Superheavy Elements A Story of Dispute and Creation /

• Main Author: Kragh, Helge (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry-History.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Nuclear chemistry.; History.; Philosophy and science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; History of Chemistry.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Nuclear Chemistry.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Science.

The story of superheavy elements - those at the very end of the periodic table - is not well known outside the community of heavy-ion physicists and nuclear chemists. But it is a most interesting story which deserves to be known also to historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science and indee...