A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford
February 16, 2009 11:36 AM
by Richard Reeves
W.W. Norton, $14.95
Born in colonial New Zealand, 15 mountain miles away from the nearest town, Ernest Rutherford won a scholarship to Cambridge at the age of 24 and became a key figure in scientific history by splitting the atom and revolutionizing modern physics. Richard Reeves, senior lecturer at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, tells the story of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and his many scientific contributions, including discovering the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the half-life of radioactive materials, which prompted the scientific community to reevaluate the age of the Earth.
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