Radioactivity: a history of a mysterious science
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
A NEW SCIENCE
1. THE BEGINNINGS
THE SETTING
RAYS AND RADIATION BECQUEREL S DISCOVERY
2. THE CURIES
MARIA SKLODOWSKA A CONSEQUENTIAL MEETING
NEW ELEMENTS!
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CONTENTS
3. RUTHERFORD, SODDY, PARTICLES, AND ALCHEMY? RUTHERFORD AND THE RAYS
WHERE DID THE ENERGY COME FROM? MATERIAL RAYS? DISCOVERY OF THE BETA
PARTICLE
THORIUM S RAYS
VANISHING RADIOACTIVITY TRANSMUTATION!
A MISSED DISCOVERY
REACTIONS
ATOMIC ENERGY? TRAGEDY
MORE RAYS THE ALPHA PARTICLE
4. THE RADIOACTIVE EARTH THE PROSPECTORS
HOW OLD IS THE EARTH? A NEW PROPERTY OF MATTER?
S. SPECULATIONS
EARLY THEORIES
RADIOACTIVITY AND PROBABILITY KINETIC MODELS OF THE ATOM
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SI
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6. RADIOACTIVITY AND CHEMISTRY 93
THE RISE OF RADIOCHEMISTRY 93
RADIOACTIVE GENEALOGY 95
CHEMISTRY OF THE IMPONDERABLE 96
INSEPARABLE RADIOELEMENTS 98
ISOTOPES 100
DISPLACEMENT LAWS 105
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CONTENTS
THE END OF THE LINES 108
MORE ISOTOPES 110
7. INSIDE THE ATOM 112
BUILDING BLOCKS 112
BOMBARDING ATOMS 113
THE NUCLEAR ATOM 115
THE NUCLEUS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE 116
THE GAMMA RAYS 119
THEORIES OF THE NUCLEUS 121
8. SEQUEL 124
WAR! 124
RADIOACTIVITY DURING WORLD WAR I 126
FROM RADIOACTIVITY TO NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS 128
PART TWO
MEASURING AND USING RADIOACTIVITY
9. METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS 135
CRUCIAL CHOICES 135
STANDARDIZING THE MEASURES 137
INNOVATIONS 139
SIZE, MONEY, AND MACHINES 143
10. RADIOACTIVITY, MEDICINE, AND LIFE 146
UNPLEASANT SURPRISES 146
FROM BURNS TO TREATMENTS 147
RAYS AND OTHER ORGANISMS 150
MIRACLE CURE? 151
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RADIOACTIVE SPAS 152
DANGERS IN THE LABORATORY 156
11. NEW INDUSTRIES 161
EARLY INDUSTRY 161
SOARING DEMAND AND NEW INSTITUTIONS 164
PAINT THAT GLOWED IN THE DARK 168
A NEW POISON 169
FISSION, BOMBS, AND THE URANIUM RUSH 172
RADIOACTIVITY AND THE OIL INDUSTRY 174
PART THREE
BEYOND THE STORY
12. RADIOACTIVITY S PRIME MOVERS 179
TECHNOLOGY, RESOURCES, AND PROFESSIONAL CHANGES 179
INDIVIDUALS 180
RESEARCH GROUPS 181
SCIENTIFIC IDEALS AND CULTURE 182
MENTORS AND MODELS 183
AGE, ATTITUDES, AND AMBITION 186
NATIONALISM 187
13. RADIOACTIVITY AND TIMELESS QUESTIONS: THE QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING
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MODELS AND THEORIES FOR RADIOACTIVITY 193
PATTERNS IN RADIOACTIVITY S DEVELOPMENT 196
RADIOACTIVITY AND IDEAS ABOUT CHANGE 198
RADIOACTIVITY AND IDEAS ABOUT MATTER AND ENERGY 200
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RADIOACTIVITY AND IDEAS ABOUT CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY 203
ETERNAL CONUNDRUMS 206
14. THE IMAGINATIVE APPEAL OF A DISCOVERY 208
MYTHOLOGICAL AND ROMANTIC DIMENSIONS OF RADIOACTIVITY 209
AN ONGOING TASK 213
APPENDICES
1. GLOSSARY OF RAYS AND RADIATIONS 215
2. FAMILY TREES FOR RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS 217
3. RADIOACTIVITY S ELUSIVE CAUSE 223
4. NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK 225 5. RADIOACTIVITY S WEB
OF INFLUENCE 227
6. TIMELINE 228
NOTES 235
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
INDEX OF PERSONS 251
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 258
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