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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777643803321

Autore

Heilbron J. L.

Titolo

Ernest Rutherford and the explosion of atoms / / J. L. Heilbron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2003]

©2003

ISBN

0-19-028419-6

0-19-802878-4

1-280-56415-6

9786610564156

1-4237-7437-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford portraits in science

Disciplina

539.7/092

Soggetti

Nobel Prize winners

Nuclear physics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.