James Chadwick and the atomic bomb
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20315489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Gowing (New College, corresponding author), Margaret Mary Gowing (Linacre College, Oxford OX1 3JA) |
| Editors | Desmond George King-Hele (Linacre College, Oxford OX1 3JA) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-92 |
| Publication date | 1993-07-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.1993.0007 |
| OpenAlex | W2113979931 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
One of the pleasures of the centenary in 1991 of James Chadwick’s birth was the growing interest in him, not only among the people who knew him but also among younger scientists and scholars in the history of 20th-century science; several are planning books and articles. This shows good discrimination within the history of science profession. Of course Chadwick’s name is known to the world of science as that of a marvellous physicist, in particular as the discoverer of the neutron; but in the past it never became as generally familiar nor as publicly honoured as, say, Cockcroft’s. The planning by the Cavendish Laboratory and Caius College of the celebration at Cambridge of his centenary was evidence that his true status in all its dimensions is increasingly appreciated
Art history · Sociology · Classics · History · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2015 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |