Book ID: CBB000007375

Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics (1983)

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Shea, William R. (Editor)


Reidel


Publication Date: 1983
Physical Details: ix + 252 pp.; notes; index

Description Contents: Shea, William R.: Introduction: From Rutherford to Hahn. Stuewer, Roger H.: The nuclear electron hypothesis. Kargon, Robert H.: The evolution of matter: Nuclear physics, cosmic rays, and Robert Millikan's research program. Weart, Spencer R.: The discovery of fission and a nuclear physics paradigm. Krafft, Fritz: Internal and external conditions for the discovery of fission by the Berlin team. Badash, Lawrence: Otto Hahn, science, and social responsibility. Cameron, Neil: The politics of British science in the Munich era. Trenn, Thaddeus J.: Why Hahn's radiothoruim surprised Rutherford in Montreal. Berninger, Ernst: The discovery of Uranium Z by Otto Hahn: The first example of nuclear isomerism. Sargent, B. W.: Nuclear physics in Canada in the 1930s.


Reviewed By

Review Snelders, H.A.M. (1984) Review of "Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics". Janus: revue internationale de l'histoire des sciences, de la medecine, de la pharmacie et de la technique (pp. 315-16). unapi

Review Heilbron, J.L. (1985) Review of "Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 181-82). unapi

Review Kragh, H. (1985) Review of "Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 84). unapi

Review Brown, J.R. (1985) Review of "Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics". Philosophy of Science (pp. 317-18). unapi

Review Brown, L.M. (1985) Review of "Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 612-13). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Kargon, Robert H.; Kargon, Robert Hugh (1983) The evolution of matter: Nuclear physics, cosmic rays, and Robert Millikan's research program. In: Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics (p. 69). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sime, Ruth Lewin
Walker, Mark
Hoffmann, Klaus
Yruma, Jeris Stueland
Weiss, Burghard
Trömel, Martin
Journals
Physics in Perspective
Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Nature
Journal of Chemical Education
Publishers
Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft
Verlag Neues Leben
Transcript Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Moos
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Concepts
Nuclear fission
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Chemistry
Science and politics
Memory
People
Hahn, Otto
Meitner, Lise
Heisenberg, Werner
Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich von
Strassmann, Fritz
Laue, Max von
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
Institutions
Istanbul Universitesi
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin
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