The material world is made of atoms, and the majority of chemical elements has two or more stable isotopes. The existence of isotopes and their applications are well known. Yet, there is little appreciation of isotopic diversity as a singular phenomenon of nature. This book discusses aspects of isotopic diversity in terms of a singular principle: „isotopicity“.
The world we live in is made of atoms and most atoms have 2 or more stable isotopes. This book discusses the isotopic diversity of chemical elements under the unifying idea of "isotopicity." That allows to describe in a singular way a broad range of effects of isotopic randomness in the physics and chemistry of solid and liquid systems, material science, nano-technology and engineering ("isotopic engineering"), biology, informatics, quantum computing, etc. The book can be equally read by professionals (scientists, academics, students, engineers) as well as by a broad segment of the lay public