Rutherford - Being the Life and Letters of the Right Hon. Lord Rutherford, O.m.

Klappentext Originally published in 1939, this book contains a detailed biography of physicist, chemist and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford. Zusammenfassung Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was a physicist, chemist and Nobel Prize winner renowned for his fundamental contributions to the development of nuclear physics. Originally published in 1939, this book contains a detailed biography of Rutherford punctuated with numerous extracts from his papers, letters and other sources. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Foreword Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; 1. Life in New Zealand; 2. Research work at Cambridge; 3. McGill; 4. Early triumphs; 5. Last years at McGill; 6. The Nobel laureate; 7. The nucleus; 8. The atom; 9. The war years; 10. Cavendish Professor; 11. The Order of Merit; 12. President of the Royal Society; 13. Lord Rutherford of Nelson; 14. The peak load; 15. The newer alchemy; 16. The end; Appendix 1. Honours; Appendix 2. Portraits; Index.

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• Authors: A. S. Eve, Eve A. S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9781107678811
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67881-1
• No. of pages: 502
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, History of Science, Diaries, letters and journals, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Atomic & molecular physics, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Atomic and Molecular Physics