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A Force of Nature : The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford
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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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- ISBN-13: 9780393333695
- ISBN-10: 0393333698
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: December 2008
- Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
- Page Count: 226
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