Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of the Atomic Age

Describes the physicist's childhood in New Zealand, his early research in chemical transmutations, and his discovery of the concept of radioactive half-life, which earned him a Nobel Prize in 1908.

Product details

• Authors: Roberta Baxter
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 15
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9781599351711
• ISBN: 978-1-59935-171-1
• Series: Profiles in Science
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries