Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms /

Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Heilbron, J. L.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
Description:	139 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford portraits in science
Subject:	Rutherford, Ernest, -- 1871-1937 -- Juvenile literature. Rutherford, Ernest, -- 1871-1937 Physicists -- New Zealand -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Nuclear physics -- History -- Juvenile literature. Nobel Prizes -- Biography. Nuclear physics. Physicists. New Zealand. Biography. History. Juvenile works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5037781

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ISBN:	0195123786 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135) and index.
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.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter 1. Cambridge and Ray Physics
Sidebar: Cathode Ray Tubes
Sidebar: Measuring the e/m of the Corpuscle
Chapter 2. McGill and the Explosion of Atoms
Sidebar: The Bending of Alpha Particles
Sidebar: The Periodic Table of the Elements
Chapter 3. Manchester and the Structure of Atoms
Sidebar: Helium from Alpha Particles
Sidebar: Bohr's Atomic Theory
Sidebar: Isotopes and Transformations
Chapter 4. War and the Promotion of Science
Sidebar: Acoustical Detection
Chapter 5. The Center of Physics
Sidebar: Neutron Absorption
Sidebar: The Linac and the Cyclotron
Chronology
Glossary
Periodic Table of the Elements
Further Reading
Index