Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms

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Title:

Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms

Author:

Heilbron, J. L.

Personal Author:

Heilbron, J. L.

Publication Information:

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

Physical Description:

139 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Oxford portraits in science

Oxford portraits in science.

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.

Language:

English

Contents:

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.

Personal Subject:

Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937-Juvenile literature.

Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937.-Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

Physicists -- New Zealand -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Nuclear physics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Physicists. -- Juvenile literature.

Scientists -- Juvenile literature.

Nuclear physics -- History. -- Juvenile literature.

Nobel Prize winners -- Biography. -- Juvenile literature.

ISBN:

9780195123784