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 "e;half-life"e; 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.
| ISBN: | 9780393076042 |
| Publication date: | 17th December 2008 |
| Author: | Richard Reeves |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Digital Product (Other) |