Article ID: CBB000009948

Rutherford's Radio-activity and alpha ray research: The case of a misdated letter (1979)

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Description Internal evidence from Rutherford's letter to his mother dated as Aug. 1, 1902 shows it to have been written in February 1902, when he began to write his first book on radioactivity. (G. B. KAUFFMAN)


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Authors & Contributors
Trenn, Thaddeus J.
Todd, Neil
Badash, Lawrence
Stuewer, Roger H.
Romer, Alfred
Rehn, Martin
Concepts
Physics
Radioactivity
Radium
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Quantum mechanics
Bombs and bombing
Time Periods
20th century
Places
Australia
Great Britain
Vienna (Austria)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
McGill University
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge University
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