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Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics / edited by William R. Shea.
- Title
- Otto Hahn and the rise of nuclear physics / edited by William R. Shea.
- Publication
- Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Hingham, MA : Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1983], ©1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QC773 .O87 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Shea, William R.
- Description
- 252 pages; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- The University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 22
- Uniform Title
- University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 22.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / William R. Shea -- The nuclear electron hypothesis / Roger H. Stuewer -- The evolution of matter / Robert H. Kargon -- The discovery of fission and a nuclear physics paradigm / Spencer R. Weart -- Internal and external conditions for the discovery of fission by the Berlin Team / Fritz Krafft -- Otto Hahn, science, and social responsibility / Lawrence Badash -- The politics of British science in the Munich era / Neil Cameron -- Why Hahn's radiothorium surprised Rutherford in Montreal / Thaddeus J. Trenn -- The discovery of uranium Z by Otto Hahn / Ernst Berninger -- Nuclear physics in Canada in the 1930s / B.W. Sargent.
- ISBN
- 902771584X
- LCCN
- 83010967
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries