Arcadia in decay

Iacopo Sannazaro’s ‘Arcadia’ (1504) was the first pastoral novel in European literature and it has had an unparalleled impact. The list of writers outside Italy who were inspired b...

The Greek province of Arcadia is perhaps the most important locus for pastoralism in a classical context. Arcadian inhabitants such as shepherds, nymphs, and the god Pan play signi...

Abstract The need for this handbook is a direct consequence of a very large accumulation of new theoretical and experimental data on nucleur properties. The first fi...

Atoms and nuclei 10Radioactive decay 12Statistics of radioactive decay 14Interaction of X-ray and γ‎ photons with matter 16Dosimetry of radiation exposure 18Biological effects of r...

‘Odds, evens, and shells’ considers the fundamental property laws governing nuclear structure. It explains element stability and abundance, as well as the quantum rules, magic numb...