Atomic Quest Personal Narrative by Arthur Holly Compton (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown cloth on boards with red and silver lettering to front, same to spine. Book is tight and square with some minor rubbing to corners and scuffing to head of spine. Biggest flaw is some discoloration to the covers and fading to the lettering on both front and spine. Interior is quite good, at least Very good, perhaps Near Fine, with just the faint remnant of where a marker bled through a stick-on note to inside front cover. No DJ but a solid copy of a VERY RARE book. Compton was the recipient of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics and leader of the Manhattan Project. Arthur Holly Compton (18921962) was an American physicist whose study of X-rays during the early 1920s led to his discovery of the Compton Effect. For this discovery, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927, sharing it with Charles Wilson. His discoveries were key to the eventual development of atomic energy. He was asked to join the Manhattan Project in 1942, becoming head of "X-Projects" at the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. First Edition, First Printing (Only statement on copyright page is 1956).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustwrapper. First Edition. Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. At that time, it was a remarkable revelation: while the wave characteristics of light had been convincingly established, the concept that light possessed both wave and particle attributes faced considerable skepticism. He is also recognized for his role as the head of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago during the Manhattan Project. Portrait frontis, 19 pages, 370 pages, 9 illustrations. Original brown cloth, lettered spine and upper board. Mall damp mark to the front boards at bottom edge and just catching outer margins of first and last pages. Contents bright and clean throughout. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Atomic & Nuclear; Featured Items; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 371388. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. black and white photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tight binding, solid brown boards with sharp corners, bright red and silver lettering to front board and spine strip, gently ruffled at head of spine, clean, unmarked pages throughout. Nice sharp copy by Nobel Prize winning scientist. 1st edition, 1st printing.

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All four corners of front and rear flaps clipped. Damp staining on boards. Shelfwear on spine. Small closed tear on spine crown. Light foxing on top text block edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1956. 370 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/FIrst Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text has remains of penciled notes present. Binding tight and solid. Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. At that time, it was a remarkable revelation: while the wave characteristics of light had been convincingly established, the concept that light possessed both wave and particle attributes faced considerable skepticism. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.