Otto Hahn and the Rise of Nuclear Physics

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252 p. ; 23 cm. Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Hingham, MA. : Distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, c. LC Subjects: Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968. Nuclear physics--History. Physicists--Germany--Biography. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / William R. Shea -- The nuclear electron hypothesis / Roger H. Stuewer -- The evolution of matter / Robert H. Kargon -- The discovery of fission and a nuclear physics paradigm / Spencer R. Weart -- Internal and external conditions for the discovery of fission by the Berlin Team / Fritz Krafft -- Otto Hahn, science, and social responsibility / Lawrence Badash -- The politics of British science in the Munich era / Neil Cameron -- Why Hahn's radiothorium surprised Rutherford in Montreal / Thaddeus J. Trenn -- The discovery of uranium Z by Otto Hahn / Ernst Berninger -- Nuclear physics in Canada in the 1930s / B.W. Sargent.