The neutron and the bomb : a biography of Sir James Chadwick / Andrew Brown.
Pubblicazione:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 1997.
Descrizione fisica:
XIV, 384 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: 1. Obscure origins 2. Manchester: the nuclear nursery 3. Germany and war 4. A new beginning 5. Sparks don't fly 6. Discovery of the neutron 7. International renown 8. Liverpool and the Nobel prize 9. His own man-and Rutheford's 10. The post-heroic age 11. The big question 12. The MAUD report 13. Transatlantic travails 14. The new world 15. The scientist-diplomat 16. A different world 17. Sir Atom 18. Liverpool and Europe 19. The mastership 20. Final reflections. Appendix 1. Appendix 2. Index
