J L Heilbron: 2 books
by J. L. Heilbron
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its concern with humankind's place in the universe...
Ernest Rutherford
And the Explosion of Atoms
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2003
An engaging biography that captures the excitement of the early days of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford tells the story of the down-to-earth New Zealander who became one of the foremost pioneers of subatomic physics. Rutherford's achievements were numerous and included: * Inventing a detector for...