Part 1

THE PEACEFUL ATOM

BERNICE KOHN

illustrated by ZENOWIJ ONYSHKEWYCH

PRENTICE-HALL. INC. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS. NEW JERSEY

OTHER PRENTICE-HALL BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

Our Tiny Servants: Molds and Yeasts illustrated by John Kaufmann

Computers at Your Service illustrated by Aliki

The Peaceful Atom, by Bernice Kohn

Copyright under International Pan-American copyright conventions

©1963 by Bernice Kohn

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or any portions thereof, in any form except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-9054

Printed in the United States of America 65524-T

CONTENTS

1. The Atomic Age

2. The Smallest Thing There Is

3. The Mystery of the Rays

4. What's in an Atom?

5. A Search Begins

6. Journey to the New World

7. Tiny Atoms, Big Power

8. Atoms for Transport

9. Atoms That Trace

10. Atoms to Change Atoms

Appendix

Glossary

THE ATOMIC AGE

Do you ever look at the things around you and wonder what they are made of? You may see a table that is made of wood. But what is wood made of? What are you made of? What are carrots made of, and birds, and bikes, and baseballs?