From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939Per F Dahl CRC Press, 1. júl. 2002 - 304 síður From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939 deals with a particular phase in the early history of nuclear physics: the race among four laboratory teams to be the first to achieve the transmutation of atomic nuclei with artificially accelerated nuclear projectiles (protons) in high-voltage discharge tubes. This volume covers the backgro |
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PROLOGUE | |
AMERICAN BEGINNINGS | |
HOW MANY VOLTS? | |
PROTONS ELECTRONS AND GAMMARAYS | |
PROTONS EAST AND WEST | |
GIANTS OF ELECTRICITY | |
DIFFICULT YEARS | |
DEUTERIUM | |
THE AMERICANS FORGE AHEAD | |
RETURN OF LIGHTFOOT | |
EPILOGUE | |
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Name Index | |
RUNNERS | |
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