RUTHERFORD, Ernest (1871-1937). Radio-Activity : Cambridge: University Press, 1904. 8 o. Photographic plate, illustrations in text. Original green diced cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (some light wear at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION. The first textbook on radioactivity. Thorium emanations had been discovered in 1900, and Rutherford worked towards further developing concepts of atomic structure. "He discovered and named alpha and beta rays emitted from radio-active salts and predicted that disintegration of some radioactive elements would generate helium. He also produced in the laboratory the first artificial transmutation of one element into another" (Dibner). This work was "recognised as a classic at its publication in 1904" (DSB), and a second edition, half as big again, had to be published the following year, so quickly did Rutherford's achievements develop. Dibner Heralds of Science 51; Grolier/Horblit 91; Norman 1870.
RUTHERFORD, Ernest (1871-1937). Radio-Activity : Cambridge: University Press, 1904. 8 o. Photographic plate, illustrations in text. Original green diced cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (some light wear at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION. The first textbook on radioactivity. Thorium emanations had been discovered in 1900, and Rutherford worked towards further developing concepts of atomic structure. "He discovered and named alpha and beta rays emitted from radio-active salts and predicted that disintegration of some radioactive elements would generate helium. He also produced in the laboratory the first artificial transmutation of one element into another" (Dibner). This work was "recognised as a classic at its publication in 1904" (DSB), and a second edition, half as big again, had to be published the following year, so quickly did Rutherford's achievements develop. Dibner Heralds of Science 51; Grolier/Horblit 91; Norman 1870.
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