1993, 1st edition, 1st impression, complete number line. Book has a small neat owner's name sticker inside front cover, with small neatly hand written purchase date, else fine. No other inscriptions or markings, book appears unread, no creasing to spine.

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Title: A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0393333698
ISBN 13: 9780393333695
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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"Starred Review. Reeves deploys his considerable writing skill in portraying Rutherford's personality ... capturing the full aspect of the man."―Booklist

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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Richard Reeves, an award-winning historian and columnist, is the author of many books, including President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination. He is a senior lecturer at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He splits his time between New York City and Santa Monica, California.

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