Ours is an age of incredible breakthrough in science and technology. Man has blazed a trail into outer space, built 'thinking machines' and made a giant progress, but yet he is not fully aware of what exactly is inside the atom. The nucleus, however remains somewhat a riddle. How are the nucleons packed within a tiny nucleus? What is the nature of nuclear force? How can the nucleus be smashed open and harness the tremendous energy it yields? The master theorists and experimenters have designed and built huge machines called accelerators to probe into the nucleus and solve nuclear mysteries. Particle science has gained prominence and has emerged as most exciting field of research.
It is imperative, therefore, that the young people interested in science go through this book. It is our firm belief that this book will also help many with the crucial choice-their further studies and future occupation. We feel this will make a very interesting reading without unnecessarily taxing the mind, but at the same time imparting the knowledge required to qualify a prescribed course on the topic.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kety Bhathena
Dr. (Mrs.) Kety Bhathena has been associated with the Department of Chemistry, imparting quality education to the students at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels for more than thirty five years at various institutions like Hislop College, Nagpur; The Graduate School, College For Women, Jamshedpur; and presently at Jamshedpur Women,s College-an Autonomous Constituent College with Potential for Excellence grading. She was awarded a Ph.D. Degree in 1985 by Ranchi University. Her fields of specialization are Oscillatory Chemical Reactions, Hetero-poly compounds, Nuclear science and pollution.Besides teaching and administrating the Examination Section of Jamshedpur Women,s College, at present, she devotes her time for several social activities working for Rotary Club, Lions Club, Indian Cancer Society, Indian Red Cross Society, Swamy Satyanand Yoga Kendra, Jamshedpur Parsee Association etc. She is the recipient of Pratishtha Award (2007) to the Editor for Best Bulletin of Rotary, International award (Four Avenues of Service) from Rotary International (2007), Outstanding/Best Treasurer awards (2008) from Lions club Multiple District and others.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Phiroz Dastoor
Dr. Phiroz Dastoor is an ex-lecturer, chemistry department, Bombay University and senior education officer at Advance Teacher Training College, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also worked as Research Assistant, Atomic Energy Establishment, Government of India in R&D and Production Department of Reactor Moderator minerals and Instrumentation division (India-Canada-Colombo Plan). He acquired the degree of CET, Ph.D. and Industrial Chemical Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. After a short stint in the field of education, he worked at Industrial Engineering, a Technical Consultant and a chemist all through; at London, Montreal and Toronto.At present, settled in Canada; Dr. Dastoor is self employed, running a Chemical Engineering Consultancy to manufacture, import and export food items, agro-chemicals paints, plastic etc. He is an active volunteer for the organizations like UNICEF, Red Cross, Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Scout Canada. Making models, audio-visual slides and travelling world wide are the things he is most interested in.
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