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Title:
Atomic Pioneers Book 3 From the Late 19th to the Mid-20th Century
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
The World of the Atom Series
Document Type:
BOOK
Publication Date:
1973 Jan 01
Accession Number:
Atom09
Document Number(s):
None
Originating Research Org.:
US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
OpenNet Entry Date:
2014 Jun 25
OpenNet Modified Date:
2014 Jun 25
Description/Abstract:
This book tells the story of the atom by presenting a brief account of the lives and work of 24 atomic scientists who brought the world into the complex Age of the Atom by mid-20th century. The 24 are: Albert Einstein, James Franck, Max Born, Peter J.W. Debye, Niels Bohr, George von Hevesy, Henry G.J. Moseley, Gustav Hertz, Erwin Schrodinger, Otto Stern, James Chadwick, Arthur H. Compton, Louis Victor de Broglie, Harold C. Urey, John D. Cockcroft, Patrick M.S. Blackett, Isidor I. Rabi, Leo Szilard, Jean Frederic Joliot-Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie, Wolfgang Pauli, Ernest O. Lawrence, Enrico Fermi, and Robert J. Van de Graaff.