First Edition. xi, 214 pp; 38 figs.; ads. Original cloth. Near Fine. 'Soddy developed with Lord Rutherford during 1901-1903 the disintegration theory of radioactivity. . . . So complete was their 1903 disintegration theory of radioactivity, that in 1909 only an extension to branching series was required' (D.S.B. XII: 504). Rutherford's book Radio-Activity -- more expensive but also more available now than Soddy's -- was also published in 1904. Frederick Soddy: Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 1921, 'for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes.'. Seller Inventory # 16560

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Title: Radio-Activity [Radioactivity]. An ...

Publisher: London: 'The Electrician', 1904.

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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