INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

By: Ray Shelton

  1. Nuclear Physics.
    1. Isotopes
    2. Nomenclature
    3. The Proton
    4. The Neutron
    5. Natural Radioactivity
    6. Particle Accelerators
    7. Artifical Radioactivity and Positrons
    8. Binding Energies and Nuclear Stability
    9. Nuclear Fission
    10. Nuclear Fusion
    11. Nature of Nuclear Forces
    12. Nuclear Models
      1. The Liquid-drop Model
      2. The Nuclear-shell Model