Rezerford (Rutherford: A Learned Teacher)
Peter Kapitsa (Ed)
Science (Moscow) 1973
ISBN None 211 pages. Hard Cover. 15 black/white photos embedded in the text.
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This book in Russian covers the 1971 Moscow celebrations of the centennial of the birth of Ernest Rutherford.
The celebrations were organised by Peter Kapitsa.
Foreword (Translated into English by Basil Kerdemelidis)
30 August 1971 was the centenary of Ernest Rutherford's birthday. To mark this occasion in our country, a special colloquium was held
in conjunction with the XIII International Congress on 'History of Science', in Moscow.
Rutherford's ex-students and colleagues came from England, USA and Canada to participate in the proceedings.
This colloquium evinced wide interest and findings and, judging by the many comments, was successful. In fact, Rutherford
is such an imposing figure in science and indeed was such a fascinating man, that his memory will long remain among scientists; he will
serve as an example not only of an outstanding scientist but also of a leader. In him one found severity and kindness, fairness, a great
source of ideas, and deep understanding of methods of the development of science. To his students he was a paragon
of a leader from whom one could learn much.
For these reasons, it was decided to publish, in a
separate volume, the contents of the meeting. Because the participants of the colloquium concentrated only on the Cambridge period of
Rutherford's scientific activity, this book includes also memories by N Bohr and B Kaye, Rutherford's collaborators of the Manchester
period.
In addition to the above the collection of articles,
a short note by N A Shilov, a well-known Russian physical chemist who worked with Rutherford during 1914, is included.
We also thought that it would be of interest to add to the
voices of Rutherford's friends and students the voice of the scientist himself; and the collection starts with Rutherford's last published
presentation in 1936, dedicated to radioactivity and structure of the atom. That year a number of eminent scientists presented papers on
the 40 year period of scientific development from 1896 to 1936.
Candidate of Mathematical Physics Yu. M Tsipenyukom,
secretary of the colloquium, has compiled and edited the compendium. He also translated the presentations of foreign contributors.
William Kaye's paper was translated by N G Elkonina. Most of the photographs were produced by Yu G Zlechnik.
We hope that this collection
will evoke interest in wider circles of our society so that men like Rutherford are not only the pride of parochial
interests such as places of birth or work but become the pride of all mankind.
Moscow, Dec 1971
P L Kapitsa
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Contents (Translated into English)
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E Rutherford |
40 Years of Physics Progress
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18
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P Kapitsa |
The Role of Outstanding
Teacher in the Development of Physics
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27
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P Kapitsa |
My Memories of Rutherford
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43
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P Blackett |
Rutherford's Achievments
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50
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N Feather |
The Cavendish Laboratory Between 1926 and 1937
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58
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Sam Devons |
Rutherford, Cambridge and the Cavendish Lab
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73
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D Shoenberg |
Rutherford and the Cavendish
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80
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W Lewis |
Brief memories of Rutherford
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84
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T Allibone |
Rutherford, Royal Society and Royal Institution
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91
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Dannin? |
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106
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B Kedrov |
He Changed the Direction of all Science: Rutherford as a thinker
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125
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M Oliphant |
Cambridge Days
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150
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Wm Kay |
Memories of Rutherford
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169
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N Shilov |
Professor Rutherford's Laboratory
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176
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Niels Bohr |
E Rutherford: Father of Nuclear Science
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199
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History of the Rutherford Portrait on the Mond Lab
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207
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G Flerov and M Tsitseniuk |
Reading Rutherford
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Contents
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214
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