ABSTRACT

From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939 deals with a particular phase in the early history of nuclear physics: the race among four laboratory teams to be the first to achieve the transmutation of atomic nuclei with artificially accelerated nuclear projectiles (protons) in high-voltage discharge tubes. This volume covers the backgro

chapter Chapter 1|4 pages

Prologue

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

The English Stage is Set

chapter Chapter 3|11 pages

American Beginnings

chapter Chapter 4|22 pages

How Many Volts?

chapter Chapter 5|17 pages

Protons, Electrons, and Gamma-Rays

chapter Chapter 6|11 pages

Protons East and West

chapter Chapter 7|10 pages

Giants of Electricity

chapter Chapter 8|4 pages

Difficult Years

chapter Chapter 9|19 pages

1932

chapter Chapter 10|19 pages

Runners Up

chapter Chapter 11|22 pages

Deuterium

chapter Chapter 12|26 pages

The Americans Forge Ahead

chapter Chapter 13|31 pages

Fission: Return of Lightfoot

chapter Chapter 14|12 pages

Epilogue