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Radioactivity : a history of a mysterious science
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Radioactivity : a history of a mysterious science / Marjorie C. Malley |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
, cop. 2011 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (XXI-267 p.) |
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- A new science. The beginnings. The setting ; Rays and radiation ; Becquerel's discovery
- The Curies. Maria Skłodowska ; A consequential meeting ; New elements!
- Rutherford, Soddy, particles, and alchemy? Rutherford and the rays ; Where did the energy come from? ; Material rays? Discovery of the beta particle ; Thorium's rays ; Vanishing radioactivity ; Transmutation! ; A missed discovery ; Reactions ; Atomic energy? ; Tragedy ; More rays ; The alpha particle
- The radioactive Earth. The prospectors ; How old is the earth? ; A new property of matter?
- Speculations. Early theories ; Radioactivity and probability ; Kinetic models of the atom
- Radioactivity and chemistry. The rise of radiochemistry ; Radioactive genealogy ; Chemistry of the imponderable ; Inseparable radioelements ; Isotopes ; Displacement laws ; The end of the lines ; More isotopes
- Inside the atom. Building blocks ; Bombarding atoms ; The nuclear atom ; The nucleus and the periodic table ; The gamma rays ; Theories of the nucleus
- Sequel. War! ; Radioactivity during World War I ; From radioactivity to nuclear and particle physics
- Measuring and using radioactivity. Methods and instruments. Crucial choices ; Standardizing the measures ; Innovations ; Size, money, and machines
- Radioactivity, medicine, and life. Unpleasant surprises ; From burns to treatments ; Rays and other organisms ; Miracle cure? ; Radioactive spas ; Dangers in the laboratory
- New industries. Early industry ; Soaring demand and new institutions ; Paint that glowed in the dark ; A new poison ; Fission, bombs, and the uranium rush ; Radioactivity and the oil industry
- Beyond the story. Radioactivity's prime movers. Technology, resources, and professional changes ; Individuals ; Research groups ; Scientific ideals and culture ; Mentors and models ; Age, attitudes, and ambition ; Nationalism
- Radioactivity and timeless questions : the quest for understanding. Models and theories for radioactivity ; Patterns in radioactivity's development ; Radioactivity and ideas about change ; Radioactivity and ideas about matter and energy ; Radioactivity and ideas about continuity and discontinuity ; Eternal conundrums
- The imaginative appeal of a discovery. Mythological and romantic dimensions of radioactivity ; An ongoing task