Ernest Rutherford
Subtitle: and the explosion of atoms
By: John L. Heilbron
Series: Oxford portraits in science
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781423774372; 9781280564154
Subjects: Nuclear physics; Biography; Nobel Prizes; Physicists; Scientists; Juvenile literature; Atoomfysica; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cambridge and ray physics; title: McGill and the explosion of atoms; title: Manchester and the structure of atoms; title: War and the promotion of science; title: The center of physics.