Search our database of handpicked sites
Looking for a great physics site? We've tracked down the very best and checked them for accuracy. Just fill out the fields below and we'll do the rest.
You searched for "radioactivity"
We found 3 results on physics.org and 15 results in our database of sites
(of which
15 are Websites,
0 are Videos,
and 0 are Experiments)
Search results on physics.org
Search results from our links database
Showing 11 - 15 of 15
Showing 11 - 15 of 15
Isotopes and Radioactivity
Atoms of the same element can have different numbers of neutrons; the different possible versions of each element are called isotopes.
Hits: 972
How Smoke Detectors Work
A brief description of how these devices detect smoke, exploring the two most common types used today: photoelectric and ionization detectors. Part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Assumes ...
Hits: 3433
History of Physics Exhibits
Online exhibits including Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radioactivity, the History of the Transistor, Albert Einstein, the Discovery of the Electron; Heisenberg, and Sakharov.
Hits: 3365
Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1938 for his work on the artificial radioactivity produced by neutrons, and for nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons. A good biography ...
Hits: 1354
Irene Joliot-Curie
Irene Joliot-Curie (1897 - 1956) did important work on natural and artificial radioactivity, transmutation of elements, and nuclear physics; she shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935 with her ...
Hits: 836
Showing 11 - 15 of 15