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The Restless Atom: the awakening of nuclear physics (Science study series, S12) (original 1960; edition 1960)

by Alfred Romer

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Title:The Restless Atom: the awakening of nuclear physics (Science study series, S12)
Authors:Alfred Romer
Info:Anchor Books (1960), Edition: 1st, Mass Market Paperback, 198 pages
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The Restless Atom: The Awakening of Nuclear Physics by Alfred Romer (1960)

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Indeholder "Den danske redaktionskomités forord", "Forord", "1. Hvordan det begyndte", "2. Henri Becquerels gennemtrængende stråler", "3. Ægteparret Curie og deres to nye grundstoffer", "4. Ernest Rutherford og den tidsbegrænsede radioaktivitet", "5. Uran X og thorium X", "6. Thorium X og grundstofforvandling", "7. Stråler og grundstofforvandlinger", "8. Grundstofforvandlinger og energi", "9. Radium og helium", "10. Varmeenergi og radiumalfabet", "11. Radiums afstamning", "12. Tal, alfapartikler og helium", "13. Alfapartikelspredning", "14. Lidt radiokemi", "15. De radioaktive grundstoffer finder deres plads", "16. Kerneatomet", "17. En efterskrift om bly", "18. Afslutning", "Litteratur".

Denne kvantebog er vildt spændende, fordi den skildrer fysikernes undren og mistro, da det går op for dem at nogle grundstoffer kan forvandles til andre. Og det er næsten lige efter at videnskaben har fået lagt alkymien bag sig. Det er heller ikke indlysende at strålingen fra de radioaktive stoffer kommer med det samme, når der sker en omdannelse. Kort efter år 1900 er man ved at have renfremstillet radium og kan begynde at måle og regne på energimængderne. På side 144 og 145 berettes også om kemikerne, der ikke kan lide at bly fra forskellige miner har svagt forskellige atomvægte. Forskellen i atomvægt går igen i forskellen i massefylde, men ellers er varianterne af bly helt ens.
Der går forbløffende kort tid fra radioaktivitet bliver opdaget til forskerne har fået styr på hvad der foregår.

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Subtitled "The Awakening of Nuclear Physics," this 1960 classic is a history of scientific progress in radioactivity, isotopes, atomic rays and transformations from the late 19th century to World War I. The contributions of Rontgen, Becquerel, the Curies, Geiger, Rutherford and Bohr, among others, are reviewed.
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