Ernest Rutherford. J. L. Heilbron.(Brief article)(Book review)
Science Activities, September, 2006
Ernest Rutherford. J. L. Heilbron. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 144 pp. $27.50 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-91-512678-6.
In this short biography of Ernest Rutherford, the distinguished historian, J. L. Heilbron, tells young adults the story of Rutherford's improbable life journey from being the son of a flax farmer and schoolteacher in rural New Zealand to becoming one of the 20th century's greatest scientists before finding a final resting place near Sir Isaac Newton in Westminister Abbey as Lord Rutherford of Nelson.
Heilbron skillfully interweaves Rutherford's personal and professional lives, his relationships to students and colleagues, and the story of his great scientific discoveries. He discovered first, the natural transmutation of...
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