Radioactive Transformations (Paperback)

Ernest Rutherford

ISBN 10: 0300181302 / ISBN 13: 9780300181302

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012

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Paperback. Radioactive Transformations describes Ernest Rutherfords Nobel Prize-winning investigations into the mysteries of radioactive matter. In this historic work, Rutherford outlines the scientific investigations that led to and coincided with his own researchincluding the work of Wilhelm Rntgen, J. J. Thomson, and Marie Curieand explains in detail the experiments that provided a glimpse at special relativity, quantum mechanics, and other concepts that would shape modern physics.This new edition features a comprehensive introduction by Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek which engagingly explains how Rutherford's early research led to a better understanding of topics as diverse as the workings of the atoms nucleus, the age of our planet, and the fusion in stars. Describes Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning research on radioactive matter. This edition features an introduction 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radioactive Transformations (Paperback)
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300181302
• ISBN 13: 9780300181302
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Radioactive Transformations describes Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning investigations into the mysteries of radioactive matter. In this historic work, Rutherford outlines the scientific investigations that led to and coincided with his ow

About the Author

Ernest Rutherford, famous for his discoveries in nuclear physics, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his research on radioactive substances. Frank Wilczek shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of quantum chromodynamics. He is the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of three books, including The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces.