Science and Society

The Search For the Real Earnest Rutherford

Name: The Search For the Real Earnest Rutherford
Start: 2003-10-16T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2003-10-16T17:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by John Campbell (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Thursday 16 Oct 2003, 16:30 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

This talk will cover some of the lesser known aspects of Rutherford's work, including his development of what was later improved to be now called the Geiger-Muller tube, his acoustic work during the First World War, confirmation of the ionosphere, the development of particle accelerators, and why he received just one Nobel Prize.

Organiser(s): James Gillies / EP Division
* Tea & coffee will be served at 16.00 hrs.