"Version: 20220601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the history of nuclear reactions and motivation for this book -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Nuclear atom -- 1.3. The first transmutation reaction -- 1.4. Discovery of neutron -- 1.5. Artificial radioactivity -- 1.6. Strong nuclear force -- 1.7. New isotopes -- 1.8. Discovery of fission -- 1.9. Self-sustain…