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
Stuewer, Roger H.
Romer, Alfred
Orna, Mary Virginia
Oliphant, Mark
Concepts
Physics
Biographies
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Anniversaries
Illustrators
Communication within scientific contexts
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge University
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