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A Force of Nature - The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Paperback) Loot Price: R452
Discovery Miles 4 520
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A Force of Nature - The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Paperback)

Richard Reeves

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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 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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Imprint: W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2008
First published: December 2008
Authors: Richard Reeves
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33369-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Nuclear structure physics
Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering
LSN: 0-393-33369-8
Barcode: 9780393333695

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