In 1897, together with the "discovery" of electron, radioactivity
emerges - atom has components!
Original
instruments used by Joliot-Curie for artificial radiactivity
studies
Replica
of Rutherford's apparatus with which he showed that
alpha particles were helium nuclei. A copy made in Cambridge
in 1998.
A particle from wax Original Chadwick's instruments for studies of neutrons [Deutsche Museum, Monachium] An expensive billiards Wilson's chamber, for studies of particle paths [Science Museum, Londyn] Linear accelerators
First
English synchrotron from Cambridge (1937)
Let's get to the island Nuclear models How, on Tuesday, we broke the parity [A story by Leon Ledermann] Does the world turn right (II) links, sources, photo, more |