Splitting the Atom (Milestones in Modern Science)

The twentieth century saw giant leaps in science, technology and medicine: it was a century of experiments resulting in advances that were previously unimaginable. From the first enormous computers to tiny machines that can make complex calculations in a split second, from the discovery of subatomic particles to harnessing nuclear energy and the atomic bomb, from widespread death caused by simple infections to the eradication of certain diseases altogether in parts of the world –the the twentieth century saw it all.