Author : John Kellock Robertson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527802285
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)
Book Synopsis New Light on the Structure of Matter (Classic Reprint) by : John Kellock Robertson
Download or read book New Light on the Structure of Matter (Classic Reprint) written by John Kellock Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Light on the Structure of Matter According to this modern conception, therefore, all atoms have very much in common. But the Maxwellian idea of their physical independence is not the only one which has had to go. Investigations in radioactivity have shown that we must also abandon the idea that the formation of a molecule (or atom) is an event not belonging to the order of nature under which we live. Research in this field has shown that the atomic orbital system sketched above may become unstable and a por tion of an atom be shot off. What is left behind is then no longer the same atom but an atom of a new substance. In other words the dream of the old alchemists of transmuting matter has been realized. It is true, modern transmutation is not on the gross scale nor in the manner the alchemists sought after, but it is equally true that by a process of disintegration, a por tion of one substance may change into another. Occasionally in some of the heavier unstable atoms a catastrophe occurs - a portion is shot off, an atom of a new substance is left behind. In this discovery the name of Prof. Rutherford, of Manchester University, formerly of mcgill University, is outstanding. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.