Chadwick science biography books

  • This is the first biography of Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974), best known as the discoverer of the neutron, for which he won the Nobel Prize.
  • Chadwick believed that dropping atomic bombs on Japanese cities was justified but the development of nuclear weapons as an unintended consequence of his.
  • This is the first biography of Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974), the discoverer of the neutron and Nobel Laureate.

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    James Chadwick

    English physicist (1891–1974)

    For the bishop, see James Chadwick (bishop). For the American gynaecologist, see James Read Chadwick.

    Sir James Chadwick (20 October 1891 – 24 July 1974) was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the sista draft of the MAUD Report, which inspired the U.S. government to begin serious atom bomb research efforts. He was the head of the British team that worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He was knighted in Britain in 1945 for his achievements in physics.

    Chadwick graduated from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1911, where he studied beneath Ernest Rutherford (known as the "father of nuclear physics").[2] At Manchester, he continued to study beneath Rutherford until he was awarded his MSc in 1913. The same year, Chadwick was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 185

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    Sir James Chadwick (1891 - 1974)

    James Chadwick was born on October 20, 1891, in Cheshire, England. He graduated from Manchester University's Honours School of Physics in 1911 and spent the next two years working on various radioactivity problems in the Physical Laboratory in Manchester, earning a M.Sc. degree in 1913 as well as the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship, which allowed him to continue his research and move to Berlin to work with Professor Hans Geiger.

    Chadwick was elected Fellow of Gonville and Caius College (1921-1935) and became assistant director of research in the Cavendish Laboratory in 1923. In 1927, he was elected a Fellow at the Royal Society.

    In 1932, Chadwick proved the existence of neutrons, preparing the way towards the fission of Uranium 235 and the creation of the atomic bomb. He was awarded the Hughes Medal of the Royal Society in 1932, and subsequently the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1935. In that same year, he was elected to the Lyon Jones Chair of Physic

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    The Neutron and the Bomb: Biography of Sir James Chadwick - Hardcover

    Synopsis

    This is a biography of Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974), the discoverer of the neutron and Nobel Laureate. His central role in the unfolding drama of nuclear physics is reflected in his publications and correspondence with other leading figures like Bohr and Rutherford. Chadwick's researches in radioactivity began as an 18-year old student, and culminated within four years with the observation of the continuous beta-spectrum - a finding which caused long and furious debate, In the 1920s, Chadwick rose to be the operations director of the Cavendish Laboratory under Rutherford's leadership. The discovery of the neutron came from an intense burst of work in 1932, after a decade of disappointment. While he changed the course in science, Chadwick's life was moulded by great events. In 1914 he was studying with Geiger in Berlin and spent the next four years in a remarkable internment camp. In World