Philosophy
Harriet Brooks
July 2nd 1876 to April 17th, 1933
Canadian nuclear physicist who was probably the first to observe the recoil of the atomic nucleus as nuclear particles were emitted during radioactive decay. During the years 1901-05, she contributed much to the new science of radioactivity. Working with Rutherford, she measured the rate at which radium released radon (and other gases) into the air. They demonstrated that the diffusion of the emanations of radium both behaved like a a gas, and that this gas had a high (over 100) molecular weight. Rutherford credited her work identifying the release of radon as crucial to developing his theory of the transmutation of one element into another. She died at the age of 56, from leukemia or a like disease related to radiation exposure.
University of California
Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientist
by
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
ISBN-10: 0773512543
ISBN-13: 978-0773512542
- In Praise Of Ernest Marsden
Tomorrow would be the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Ernest Marsden, the man who discovered the nucleus for the man who discovered the nucleus. As an undergraduate at the University of Manchester studying physics, Marsden became a laboratory assistant...
- A "peculiarly Modern Preoccupation"...identity...a New Book
Martha C. Nussbaum wrote... Peter Brooks has written a splendid meditation on the search for the self: erudite, illuminating, and eloquent. He shows how this search leads to an obsessive focus on markers of identity and stories of imposture. Rousseau,...
- Radium And The Curies...today
Supposedly, this is the day for the declaration of the discovery of radium even though the official date is December 26th. "Dec. 21, 1898: The Curies Discover Radium" by Tony Long December 21st, 2009 Wired Sorbonne-bred physicist Pierre Curie had...
- Lord Rutherford And No Second Nobel Prize
Abstract: "I have dealt with many different transformations with various periods of time, but the quickest that I have met was my own transformation in one moment from a physicist to a chemist." Ernest Rutherford (Nobel Banquet, 1908) This article is...
- Problem With Radon?
Now one has to wonder about this issue of significant human fatalities attributed to radon as compared to other carcinogenic villains. The Environmental Protection Agency claims there are 20,000 deaths each year due to radon exposure--a broader range...
Philosophy
Canadian physicist...Harriet Brooks
Harriet BrooksJuly 2nd 1876 to April 17th, 1933
Canadian nuclear physicist who was probably the first to observe the recoil of the atomic nucleus as nuclear particles were emitted during radioactive decay. During the years 1901-05, she contributed much to the new science of radioactivity. Working with Rutherford, she measured the rate at which radium released radon (and other gases) into the air. They demonstrated that the diffusion of the emanations of radium both behaved like a a gas, and that this gas had a high (over 100) molecular weight. Rutherford credited her work identifying the release of radon as crucial to developing his theory of the transmutation of one element into another. She died at the age of 56, from leukemia or a like disease related to radiation exposure.
University of California
Harriet Brooks: Pioneer Nuclear Scientistby
Marelene F. Rayner-Canham and Geoffrey W. Rayner-Canham
ISBN-10: 0773512543
ISBN-13: 978-0773512542
- In Praise Of Ernest Marsden
Tomorrow would be the 122nd anniversary of the birth of Ernest Marsden, the man who discovered the nucleus for the man who discovered the nucleus. As an undergraduate at the University of Manchester studying physics, Marsden became a laboratory assistant...
- A "peculiarly Modern Preoccupation"...identity...a New Book
Martha C. Nussbaum wrote... Peter Brooks has written a splendid meditation on the search for the self: erudite, illuminating, and eloquent. He shows how this search leads to an obsessive focus on markers of identity and stories of imposture. Rousseau,...
- Radium And The Curies...today
Supposedly, this is the day for the declaration of the discovery of radium even though the official date is December 26th. "Dec. 21, 1898: The Curies Discover Radium" by Tony Long December 21st, 2009 Wired Sorbonne-bred physicist Pierre Curie had...
- Lord Rutherford And No Second Nobel Prize
Abstract: "I have dealt with many different transformations with various periods of time, but the quickest that I have met was my own transformation in one moment from a physicist to a chemist." Ernest Rutherford (Nobel Banquet, 1908) This article is...
- Problem With Radon?
Now one has to wonder about this issue of significant human fatalities attributed to radon as compared to other carcinogenic villains. The Environmental Protection Agency claims there are 20,000 deaths each year due to radon exposure--a broader range...