Radioactive Transformations (Paperback, Revised)

Originally published over one hundred years ago, Radioactive Transformations describes Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning research on radioactive matter. Rutherford outlines the scientific investigations that led to and coincided with Rutherford's own research - including the work of Wilhem Rontgen, J.J. Thomson, and Marie Curie - and explains in detail the experiments that provided a glimpse at special relativity, quantum mechanics, and other concepts that would shape twentieth-century physics. This new edition of Rutherford's classic work features a comprehensive introduction by Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek that provides historical context and also explains how Rutherford's early research led to a better understanding of topics as diverse as the age of our planet, the workings of the atom's nucleus, and the fusion in stars.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Ernest Rutherford • Frank Wilczek
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-18130-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Nuclear structure physics
LSN:	0-300-18130-2
Barcode:	9780300181302

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