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Rutherford's legacy

2011; IOP Publishing; Volume: 24; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/2058-7058/24/11/36

2058-7058

Peter Tanner, P.R. Jay,

Twentieth Century Scientific Developments

James Poskett's excellent article about Ernest Rutherford (September pp39–42) marking the centenary of his discovery of the structure of the atom mentioned that, to inject engineering capability into the skills at his disposal at Cambridge, Rutherford had to turn to Russia and Pyotr Kapitsa.