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Baxter, Roberta

Ernest Rutherford and the Birth of the Atomic Age

112 pp. | Morgan | April, 2013 | Library ISBN 978-1-59935-171-1 $28.95
(4) YA Profiles in Science series. The life of the Nobel Prize–winning scientist, whose major contributions include characterization of radioactive elements and the structure of the atom, is described through detailed descriptions of his early life in New Zealand to his schooling in England, his professorships and scientific research, and the relationships among famous turn-of-the-twentieth-century scientists. Archival photographs and diagrams supplement the dry text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Devon Johnson

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