Book ID: CBB000008275

Rutherford and physics at the turn of the century (1979)

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Bunge, Mario (Editor)
Shea, William R. (Editor)


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Publication Date: 1979
Physical Details: 184 pp.; port.; bibls.

Description Contents: Hiebert, Erwin N.: The state of physics at the turn of the century. Badash, Lawrence: The origins of big science: Rutherford at McGill. Heilbron, John L.: Physics at McGill in Rutherford's time. Feather, Norman: Some episodes of the alpha-particle story 1903-1977. Trenn, Thaddeus J.: Rutherford in the McGill Physics Laboratory. Jaki, Stanley L.: The reality beneath: The world view of Rutherford. Cameron, N.: 1900: The Cavendish physicists and the spirit of the ages. Brush, Stephen G.: Scientific revolutionaries of 1905: Einstein, Rutherford, Chamberlin, Wilson, Stevens, Binet, Freud. Righini, G.: Astrophysics at the turn of the century.


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Authors & Contributors
Badash, Lawrence
Weinert, Friedel
Trenn, Thaddeus J.
Romer, Alfred
Orna, Mary Virginia
Moon, P. B.
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Rutherford Journal: The New Zealand Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Proceedings of the Royal Society [London]: Series A: Physical Sciences
Journal of Chemical Education
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Yale University Press
Oxford University Press
Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California
AAS Publications
Concepts
Physics
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Biographies
Discovery in science
Radioactivity
Anniversaries
People
Rutherford, Ernest, 1st Baron
Soddy, Frederick
Bragg, William Henry
Langevin, Paul
Laby, Thomas Howell
Kapitza, Petr Leonidovich
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Australia
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge University
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