{"product_id":"radioactive-transformations-ernest-rutherford-9780300181302","title":"Radioactive Transformations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadioactive Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e describes Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning investigations into the mysteries of radioactive matter. In this historic work, Rutherford outlines the scientific investigations that led to and coincided with his own research--including the work of Wilhelm Rӧntgen, J. J. Thomson, and Marie Curie--and explains in detail the experiments that provided a glimpse at special relativity, quantum mechanics, and other concepts that would shape modern physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition features a comprehensive introduction by Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek which engagingly explains how Rutherford's early research led to a better understanding of topics as diverse as the workings of the atom's nucleus, the age of our planet, and the fusion in stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Rutherford, Frank Wilczek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300181302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300181302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.50w x 0.83d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ernest Rutherford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962491031807,"sku":"9780300181302","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_548b6970-df72-4f85-9163-85dfd4f2df9a.jpg?v=1750651606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radioactive-transformations-ernest-rutherford-9780300181302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}