{"product_id":"a-force-of-nature-the-frontier-genius-of-ernest-rutherford-great-discoveries-paperback-0393333698","title":"A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford (Great Discoveries (Paperback))","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0393333698\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reeves, Richard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Starred Review. Reeves deploys his considerable writing skill in portraying Rutherford's personality ... capturing the full aspect of the man.\"-Booklist Born in colonial New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford grew up on the frontier-a different world from Cambridge, to which he won a scholarship at the age of twenty-four. His work revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the \"half-life\" of radioactive materials. Rutherford and the young men working under him were the first to split the atom, unlocking tremendous forces-forces, as Rutherford himself predicted, that would bring us the atomic bomb. In Richard Reeves's hands, Rutherford comes alive, a ruddy, genial man and a pivotal figure in scientific history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51856497443104,"sku":"NEW0393333698","price":13.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61x8AVaUThL.jpg?v=1781549930","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-force-of-nature-the-frontier-genius-of-ernest-rutherford-great-discoveries-paperback-0393333698","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}