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Roy Et Al Macleod - For Science King & Country: The Life and Legacy of Henry Moseley - 9781910500712 - V9781910500712
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For Science King & Country: The Life and Legacy of Henry Moseley

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Description for For Science King & Country: The Life and Legacy of Henry Moseley Paperback. .
Even in his lifetime, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley, who died at Gallipoli in 1915, was widely regarded as the most promising British physicist of his generation. Had he survived, he could well have won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1916. His death provoked in Britain a reassessment of the role that scientists might play in war. This book of essays by eleven scholars is a commemoration of his life, his work, and his ongoing legacy. Linked with the 2015 exhibition `Dear Harry... Henry Moseley: A Scientist Lost to War', held at the Oxford Museum of the History of Science. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Unicorn Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910500712
SKU
V9781910500712
Shipping Time
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About Roy Et Al Macleod
Edited by Roy Macleod, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Sydney, Russell Edgell Emeritus Professor of Chemisty, University of Oxford and Dr Elizabeth Bruton, Curator of Technology and Engineering at The Science Museum, London.

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