Rutherford and physics at the turn of the century
By: edited by Mario Bunge and William R. Shea.
Contributors: Bunge, Mario Augusto.; Shea, William R.
Publisher: Dawson; Science History Publications
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Kent, Eng; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937; Physics -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Physicists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The state of physics at the turn of the century / Erwin N. Heibert --; title: The origins of big science: Rutherford at McGill / Lawrence Badash --; title: Physics at McGill in Rutherford's time / John L. Heilbron --; title: Some episodes of the alpha-particle story, 1903-1977 / Norman Feather --; title: Rutherford in the McGill physics laboratory / Thaddeus J. Trenn --; title: The reality beneath: The world view of Rutherford / Stanley L. Jaki --; title: 1900: The Cavendish physicists and the spirit of the ages / Neil Cameron --; title: Scientific revolutionaries of 1905: Einstein, Rutherford, Chamberlin, Wilson, Stevens, Binet, Freud / Stephen G. Brush --; title: Astrophysics at the turn of the century / Guglielmo Righini.