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A Force of Nature

The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford

By Richard Reeves

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| Paperback | 9780393333695

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Born in colonial New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford grew up on the frontier a different world from Cambridge, to which he won a scholarship at the age of twenty-four. His work revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were the orbital structur Continue

Born in colonial New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford grew up on the frontier a different world from Cambridge, to which he won a scholarship at the age of twenty-four. His work revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the "half-life" of radioactive materials. Rutherford and the young men working under him were the first to split the atom, unlocking tremendous forces forces, as Rutherford himself predicted, that would bring us the atomic bomb. In Richard Reeves's hands, Rutherford comes alive, a ruddy, genial man and a pivotal figure in scientific history.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 208 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0393333698
  • ISBN-13: 9780393333695
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publish date: 2008-12-16
  • Dimensions: 137 mm x 200 mm x 14 mm Just how big is that?
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