Ernest Rutherford. J. L. Heilbron.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Science Activities | Date: September 22, 2006 | Copyright information

Ernest Rutherford. J. L. Heilbron. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 144 pp. $27.50 (hardcover). ISBN: 0-91-512678-6.

In this short biography of Ernest Rutherford, the distinguished historian, J. L. Heilbron, tells young adults the story of Rutherford's improbable life journey from being the son of a flax farmer and schoolteacher in rural New Zealand to becoming one of the 20th century's greatest scientists before finding a final resting place near Sir Isaac Newton in Westminister Abbey as Lord Rutherford of Nelson.

Heilbron skillfully interweaves Rutherford's ...

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