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The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom
by Cathcart, Brian
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Like New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374157162
- ISBN 13
- 9780374157166
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x1x9. All matter is made mostly of empty space. Each of the billions of atoms that comprise it is hollow, its true mass concentrated in a tiny nucleus that, if the atom were a cathedral, would be no bigger than a fly. Discovering its existence three quarters of a century ago was Lord Rutherford's greatest scientific achievement, but even he caught only a glimpse. Almost at the point of despair, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, two young researchers in a grubby basement room at the famous Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, grappled with the challenge. Racing against their American and German counterparts-a colorful cast of Nobel Prize winners--they would change everything. With paper-and-pencil calculations, a handmade apparatus, the odd lump of plasticine, and some revolutionary physics, Cockroft and Walton raised the curtain on the atomic age.The Fly in the Cathedral is a riveting and erudite narrative inspired by the dreams that lead the last true gentlemen scientists to the very essence of the universe: the heart of matter.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the International Race to Split the Atom
- Author
- Cathcart, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374157162
- ISBN 13
- 9780374157166
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 20 oz
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