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Ernest Rutherford

J. L. Heilbron · 2003

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A biography of the scientist considered to be the father of nuclear physics for his development of the nuclear theory of the atom in 1911 and discovery of alpha and beta rays and protons.

First sentence: A little more than a century before Ernest Rutherford's birth on August 30, 1871, Captain James Cook, the great explorer and geographer, made the first extensive survey of the coasts of New Zealand.

Book details

Year
2003
Language
English
Series
Oxford portraits in science
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Editions
4
Pages
139
ISBN
9781423774372

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