RUTHERFORD, Ernest. Radioactive Transformations. London: Archibald Constable. 1906.
8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine; pp. [vi], 287, text diagrams throughout; bumped to extremities, a little foxing to endpapers, previous owner's signature to ffep, very good.
First edition, rare. This book contains eleven lectures Rutherford delivered at Yale University on the degradation of radioactive substances. His subjects include the discovery of the concept of radioactive half-life, the element radon, and the differentiation of alpha and beta radiation, all of which contributed to his winning of the Nobel Prize in 1908.
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