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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Named Person: | H G J Moseley; H G J Moseley; H G J Moseley |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy M MacLeod; Russell G Egdell; Elizabeth Bruton |
ISBN: | 9781910500712 1910500712 |
OCLC Number: | 1059252898 |
Description: | ix, 316 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction / Roy MacLeod and Russell G. Egdell -- Part One. Life. Henry Moseley at Eton and Oxford / Clare Hopkins -- Moseley in Manchester / Neil Todd -- Reading between the lines : deconstructing Moseley's diagram / Kristen M. Frederick-Frost -- Antonius van den Broek, Moseley and the concept of atomic number / Eric Scerri -- Sacrifice of a genius : Moseley the signals officer and signalling in Gallipoli / Elizabeth Bruton -- Part Two. Legacy. Moseley and the politics of Nobel excellence / Robert Marc Friedman -- Moseley and the Matteucci Medal / Russell G. Egdell, Francesco Offi, Giancarlo Panaccione -- X-ray spectroscopy and the discovery of new elements / Russell G. Egdell -- X-ray spectroscopy 100 years on / Russell G. Egdell -- Accounts of Moseley and versions of his laws / John L. Heilbron -- Artefacts and archives : presenting Moseley in a museum context / Elizabeth Bruton, Silke Ackermann, Stephen Johnston. |
Other Titles: | For science, king and country |
Responsibility: | edited by Roy MacLeod, Russell G Egdell, and Elizabeth Bruton. |
Abstract:
"Killed in action at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, aged just twenty-seven, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was widely regarded as the most promising British physicist of his generation. His pioneering measurements of X-ray spectra provided a firm basis for the concept of atomic number and re-cast the periodic table of the elements into its modern form. Had he survived, he seemed destined to win a Nobel Prize. This book is a commemoration of Moseley's life, work, and legacy. Inspired by the exhibition 'Dear Harry ... Henry Moseley: A Scientist Lost to War', at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, in 2015-2016, and revisiting earlier accounts, thirteen historians and scientists chart his experience of Manchester and Oxford; his military service; the reception of his work by the scientific community; and the impact of his work upon X-ray spectroscopy in physics, chemistry, and materials science. For Science, King & Country speaks to those with an interest in history, science, and the First World War, and draws upon a wealth of archives, artefacts, and recent research on the reward systems of science. Overall, it presents a comprehensive account of a young scientist whose brief but mercurial career paved the way to a new understanding of nature, and to shaping the future of physical science."--Page 4 of cover
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