Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms / [Text]
by Heilbron, J. L.
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BookSeries: Oxford portraits in science. Publisher: Oxford Oxford Oxford University Press c2003Description: 139 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0195123786.Subject(s): Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 | Physicists -- Biography | Scientists -- Biography | Nobel Prizes -- Biography | Nuclear physics -- History
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Summary: A biography of the scientist considered to be the father of nuclear physics for his development of the nuclear theory of the atom in 1911 and discovery of alpha and beta rays and protons.
Cambridge and ray physics -- McGill and the explosion of atoms -- Manchester and the structure of atoms -- War and the promotion of science -- The center of physics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135) and index.
Cambridge and ray physics -- McGill and the explosion of atoms -- Manchester and the structure of atoms -- War and the promotion of science -- The center of physics.
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A biography of the scientist considered to be the father of nuclear physics for his development of the nuclear theory of the atom in 1911 and discovery of alpha and beta rays and protons.
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