Corr. USSR Academy of Sciences KI Shchelkine in the popular series of essays is about the structure of atoms and atomic nuclei of matter and antimatter, on nuclear forces, the structure of nucleons. The book gives an idea of the strong, electromagnetic and weak interactions, parity, its non-conservation of the vacuum polarization. Describes the model of the nucleus, nuclear fission and fusion. In the book you can find basic information about elementary... (More)