The atom speaks

In the nucleus of an atom there is a mystery. From our ordinary experience with electricity we should expect the positive charged protons packed into the tiny nucleus to fly apart. Yet most atoms are stable things. Something holds them together. What is it? In The Atom Speaks D. Lee Chesnut tells the exciting story of several decades of scientific sleuthing which led to our current understanding of the strange and powerful "nuclear strong force" which operates only in the nucleus to hold the atom together.