Title Ernest Rutherford : and the explosion of atoms / John L. Heilbron

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (139 pages) : illustrations Series Oxford portraits in science Oxford portraits in science. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-135) and index Notes Print version record Subject Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 -- Juvenile literature SUBJECT Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 fast Subject Physicists -- New Zealand -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Nuclear physics -- History -- Juvenile literature Physicists Scientists Nuclear physics -- History Nobel Prizes -- Biography Nuclear physics Physicists Atoomfysica. New Zealand Genre/Form Biographies History Juvenile works Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2002155600 ISBN 142377437X 9781423774372 1280564156 9781280564154 0195123786 9780195123784

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