The Resource A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford, Richard Reeves
A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford, Richard Reeves
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- Summary
- "Born in colonial New Zealand, fifteen mountain miles away from the nearest town, 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 overseas revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were 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 to be just 100 million years old. 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." "Rutherford, awarded a Nobel Prize and made Baron Rutherford by the Queen, was also a great humanist and teacher, coming to the aid of colleagues caught in the Nazi and Soviet regimes. Under his rigorous and boisterous direction, a new generation of remarkable physicists emerged from the famous Cavendish Laboratory. In Richard Reeves's hands, Rutherford comes alive, a ruddy, genial man and a pivotal figure in scientific history."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Isbn
- 9780393057508
- Label
- A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford
- Title
- A force of nature
- Title remainder
- the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Reeves
- Title variation
- Frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Born in colonial New Zealand, fifteen mountain miles away from the nearest town, 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 overseas revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were 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 to be just 100 million years old. 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." "Rutherford, awarded a Nobel Prize and made Baron Rutherford by the Queen, was also a great humanist and teacher, coming to the aid of colleagues caught in the Nazi and Soviet regimes. Under his rigorous and boisterous direction, a new generation of remarkable physicists emerged from the famous Cavendish Laboratory. In Richard Reeves's hands, Rutherford comes alive, a ruddy, genial man and a pivotal figure in scientific history."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1936-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Reeves, Richard
- Dewey number
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- 530.092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC16.R8
- LC item number
- R44 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Great discoveries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rutherford, Ernest
- Physicists
- Physicists
- Science
- Science
- Nuclear fission
- Radioactivity
- Label
- A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford, Richard Reeves
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 163708517
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393057508
- Lccn
- 2007033184
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)163708517
- Label
- A force of nature : the frontier genius of Ernest Rutherford, Richard Reeves
- Note
- "Atlas books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 163708517
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 207 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393057508
- Lccn
- 2007033184
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)163708517
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