Author: BRIAN CATHCART
Title: The fly in the cathedral. How a small group of Cambridge scientists won the race to split the atom
Description: Penguin Classics, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 308. The splitting of the atom, performed in a shabby Cambridge lab in April 1932, was a triumph of ingenuity over adversity. John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, under the stern gaze of the brilliantly eccentric Lord Rutherford, cobbled together handmade or recycled components - while American rivals had state-of-the-art equipment - to make one of the great scientific breakthroughs of all time. In Brian Cathcart's hands, this remarkable tale of success on a shoe string - packed with larger-than-life characters, struggles against the odds, personal tragedy, love and bloody-minded determination - makes for one of the most inspiring stories of scientific derring-do ever told. ISBN: 9780140279061. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780140279061
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Title: The fly in the cathedral. How a small group of Cambridge scientists won the race to split the atom
Description: Penguin Classics, 2005. Paperback. Pp: 308. The splitting of the atom, performed in a shabby Cambridge lab in April 1932, was a triumph of ingenuity over adversity. John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, under the stern gaze of the brilliantly eccentric Lord Rutherford, cobbled together handmade or recycled components - while American rivals had state-of-the-art equipment - to make one of the great scientific breakthroughs of all time. In Brian Cathcart's hands, this remarkable tale of success on a shoe string - packed with larger-than-life characters, struggles against the odds, personal tragedy, love and bloody-minded determination - makes for one of the most inspiring stories of scientific derring-do ever told. ISBN: 9780140279061. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780140279061
Price: EUR 7.50 = appr. US$ 8.15 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 357502
- Book number: 357502
See more books from our catalog: Wetenschap