Roger H.Stuewer
The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and Second World Wars
The Age of Innocence: Nuclear Physics between the First and Second World Wars
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Between the two world wars, nuclear physics emerged as the dominant field, driven by an international cast of gifted physicists. Their work was shaped by their personal, institutional, and political contexts, reflecting their idiosyncratic personalities and the physical and intellectual environments of the countries and institutions in which they worked.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Between the two world wars, nuclear physics emerged as the dominant field of experimental and theoretical physics, driven by an international cast of gifted physicists. Prominent among them were Ernest Rutherford, George Gamow, the Joliot-Curie couple, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, Gregory Breit and Eugene Wigner, Lise Meitner and Otto Robert Frisch, Ernest Lawrence, Enrico Fermi, and Niels Bohr. Their work arose from a quest to understand nuclear phenomena, rather than a desire for practical applications. These physicists lived in an "Age of Innocence," but their research was shaped by their unique personalities and the physical and intellectual environments of the countries and institutions in which they worked.
Their achievements were also influenced by political upheavals after the Great War, including punitive postwar treaties, inflation, depression, and intellectual migration. Quotations from autobiographies, biographies, recollections, interviews, correspondence, and other writings provide insight into their personal, institutional, and political contexts, showcasing the mutual influences between the two domains.
The two decades between the first and second world wars witnessed a remarkable transformation in nuclear physics, marked by experimental innovations and theoretical breakthroughs. The work of these physicists laid the foundation for our understanding of the atomic nucleus and its constituents, leading to the development of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Their legacy continues to inspire and shape the field of physics today.
Weight: 940g
Dimension: 242 x 169 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780192865557
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