{"product_id":"up-from-nothing-sam-m-austin-9780996725217","title":"Up from Nothing: The Michigan State University Cyclotron Laboratory","description":"\u003ci\u003eUp from Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the Michigan State University Cyclotron Laboratory and its growth from the appointment of a single individual in 1958 to when the university earned the right to build the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in 2008. \u003cbr\u003e The cyclotron laboratory at MSU has been known for years as the best university nuclear physics laboratory in the United States, and perhaps in the world. But very few, even in its hometown of East Lansing, know how it achieved that status or why it prospered when laboratories at many other famous universities faded. \u003cbr\u003e In this book Austin, a nuclear physicist who has been at the laboratory since the beginning of its ascent, gives us a remarkable story. It begins with an exceptional individual, Henry Blosser, who founded the laboratory, built a cyclotron accelerator of uniquely high precision, and recruited a team of nuclear physicists that used it to establish the laboratory's reputation. Its credibility led to a sequence of accelerators, each operating in a different sub?eld while continuing a tradition of forefront science, and to a laboratory culture that fostered the courage and foresight to compete for the FRIB in the face of daunting odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam M. Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0996725210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996725217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 8.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Sam M. Austin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46024687059199,"sku":"9780996725217","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df13bb22-ce27-4e48-85d9-391086c3a91c.jpg?v=1723128967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/up-from-nothing-sam-m-austin-9780996725217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}