A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford
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Overview: Ernest Rutherford, who grew up in colonial New Zealand and came to Cambridge on a scholarship, made numerous revolutionary discoveries, among them the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the “half-life” of radioactive materials, which led to a massive reevaluation of the age of the earth—previously judged just 100 million years old. Above all, perhaps, 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.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Ernest
Reeves
Richard
Rutherford - Language
- English
- Series
- Great Discoveries
- ISBN
- 9780393076042
- Release date
- 2008
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