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Hydrogen

John S. Rigden

2002280 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Harvard University Press · 280 pages · ENGISBN 9780674007383
  • 2003Harvard University Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780674260047
  • 2003Harvard University Press · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780674012523

In this biography of hydrogen, John Rigden shows how this singular atom, the most abundant in the universe, has helped unify our understanding of the material world from the smallest scale, the elementary particles, to the largest, the universe itself. Still, any biography of hydrogen has to end with a question: What new surprises await us?

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