RARE book by three American nuclear scientists, pioneers in the field of transuranium elements: Darleane C.Hoffman (b.1926) who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of Seaborgium (element 106), Albert Ghiorso (1915-2010) - co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table, and Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999), whose involvement in the synthesis, discovery and investigation of ten transuranium elements earned him a share of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Contains many b&w photos. 225x155mm. XCIV+467 pages. Green fake leather Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket rubbed. Jacket edges/corners wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker on rear inner cover. Pages slightly wavy. Else in good condition.