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Peaceful Atom

Name: Peaceful Atom
Author: Bernice Kohn Hunt

Bernice Kohn Hunt

Read by Elsie Selwyn · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Chapter 1: The Atomic Age (3:52)
Chapter 2: The Smallest Thing There Is (4:06)
Chapter 3: The Mystery of the Rays (4:15)
Chapter 4: What's in an Atom? (4:47)
Chapter 5: A Search Begins (5:03)
Chapter 6: Journey to the New World (4:34)
Chapter 7: Tiny Atoms, Big Power (5:38)
Chapter 8: Atoms for Transport (4:43)
Chapter 9: Atoms That Trace (7:20)
Chapter 10: Atoms to Change Atoms (4:38)