The fly in the cathedral : how a small group of Cambridge scientists won the race to split the atom | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Author:Brian Cathcart

Summary:The splitting of the atom, performed in a shabby Cambridge lab in April 1932, was a triumph of ingenuity over adversity. This remarkable tale of success on a shoe string makes for one of the most inspiring stories of scientific derring-do ever told.

Print Book, English, 2005

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Publisher: Penguin Books, London, 2005

Genre:biografi

Physical Description:308 s

ISBN:

9780140279061, 0140279067

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:937140229

Subjects:

Kärnfysik

Kärnklyvning

Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937

Vetenskap historia Storbritannien Cambridge

Vetenskapsmän Storbritannien Cambridge biografi

Walton, Ernest, 1903-1995