Traveling with the Atom: A Scientific Guide to Europe and Beyond - Softcover

Rodgers, Glen E (Allegheny College, PA)

 
9781788015288: Traveling with the Atom: A Scientific Guide to Europe and Beyond
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1788015282 ISBN 13: 9781788015288
Verlag: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Traveling with the Atom is a historical travel guide to the development of one of the most significant and enduring ideas in the history of humankind: the atomic concept. This history covers the notable places and landmarks commemorating this achievement, visiting homesteads, graveyards, laboratories, apartments, abbeys and castles, through picturesque rural villages and working class municipalities. From Montreal to Manchester, via some of the most elegant and romantic cities in Europe, Traveling with the Atom guides the reader on a trip through the lives and minds of the great thinkers who collectively unveiled the mystery of the atom. Fully illustrated and interspersed with intriguing and insightful notes throughout, this book is an ideal companion for the wandering scientist, their students, friends and companions or quintessential fireside reading for lovers of science and travel.

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Traveling with the Atom is a historical travel guide to the development of one of the most significant and enduring ideas in the history of humankind: the atomic concept. This history covers the notable places and landmarks commemorating this achievement, visiting homesteads, graveyards, laboratories, apartments, abbeys and castles, through picturesque rural villages and working class municipalities. From Montreal to Manchester, via some of the most elegant and romantic cities in Europe, Traveling with the Atom guides the reader on a trip through the lives and minds of the great thinkers who collectively unveiled the mystery of the atom. Fully illustrated and interspersed with intriguing and insightful notes throughout, this book is an ideal companion for the wandering scientist, their students, friends and companions or quintessential fireside reading for lovers of science and travel.

Traveling with the Atom is a fast-paced, whiz-bang adventure chock full of nerdy details, wry humor, little-known facts and anecdotes, plus solid history and science as the framework. This makes for a wonderful journey, from a traveler in a rocking chair to a spaceship traveling at the speed of light.

Mary Virginia Orna, Author: of The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table’s Shadow Side and Science History: A Traveler’s Guide

As someone who has had the privilege and pleasure of living in James Clerk Maxwell's home for over 60 years I can well appreciate the importance and magic of seeing such places first-hand.

Captain Duncan Ferguson RN, Chairman, The Maxwell at Glenlair Trust

This book is a delight to read and a great encouragement to travel. In reading about the life and research of Rutherford the reader cannot avoid being impressed by the numerous great new results he obtained at all the places he worked from Montreal to Manchester to Cambridge!

Jean Barrette, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, McGill University

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Traveling with the Atom is a historical travel guide to the development of one of the most significant and enduring ideas in the history of humankind: the atomic concept. This history covers the notable places and landmarks commemorating this achievement, visiting homesteads, graveyards, laboratories, apartments, abbeys and castles, through picturesque rural villages and working class municipalities. From Montreal to Manchester, via some of the most elegant and romantic cities in Europe, Traveling with the Atom guides the reader on a trip through the lives and minds of the great thinkers who collectively unveiled the mystery of the atom. Fully illustrated and interspersed with intriguing and insightful notes throughout, this book is an ideal companion for the wandering scientist, their students, friends and companions or quintessential fireside reading for lovers of science and travel.

Traveling with the Atom is a fast-paced, whiz-bang adventure chock full of nerdy details, wry humor, little-known facts and anecdotes, plus solid history and science as the framework. This makes for a wonderful journey, from a traveler in a rocking chair to a spaceship traveling at the speed of light.

Mary Virginia Orna, Author: of The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table s Shadow Side and Science History: A Traveler s Guide

As someone who has had the privilege and pleasure of living in James Clerk Maxwell's home for over 60 years I can well appreciate the importance and magic of seeing such places first-hand.

Captain Duncan Ferguson RN, Chairman, The Maxwell at Glenlair Trust

This book is a delight to read and a great encouragement to travel. In reading about the life and research of Rutherford the reader cannot avoid being impressed by the numerous great new results he obtained at all the places he worked from Montreal to Manchester to Cambridge!

Jean Barrette, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, McGill University

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Verlag
Royal Society of Chemistry
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1788015282
ISBN 13 
9781788015288
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Anzahl der Seiten
551
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