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Light Is a Messenger : The Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg by Graeme K. Hunter (2004, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10019852921X
ISBN-139780198529217
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038256775
Product Key Features
Number of Pages338 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLight Is a Messenger : the Life and Science of William Lawrence Bragg
Publication Year2004
SubjectPhysics / General, Science & Technology
TypeTextbook
AuthorGraeme K. Hunter
Subject AreaScience, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight25.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-049227
Reviews'The book is well illustrated'Jeff Hughes, Ambix'... makes an excellent story ...'Michael Woolfson FRS, University of York
IllustratedYes
Table Of Content0. Introduction1. Adelaide, 1886-19082. Cambridge, 1909-19143. World War One, 1914-19194. Manchester, 1919-19305. Manchester, 1931-19376. Teddington and Cambridge, 1937-19397. Second World War, 1939-19458. Cambridge, 1939-539. Royal Institution, 1954-196610. Retirement, 1966-197111. Epilogue
Synopsis"Light is a Messenger" is the first biography of William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics - the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. It describes how Bragg discovered the use of X-rays to determine the arrangement of atoms in crystals and his pivotal role in developing this technique to the point that structures of the most complex molecules known to Man - the proteins and nucleic acids - could be solved. Although Bragg's Nobel Prize was for physics, his research profoundly affected chemistry and the new field of molecular biology, of which he became a founding figure. This book explains how these revolutionary scientific events occurred while Bragg struggled to emerge from the shadow of his father, Sir William Bragg, and amidst a career-long rivalry with the brilliant American chemist, Linus Pauling., Light is a Messenger is the first biography of Sir Lawrence Bragg, the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. Bragg won the Nobel Prize for discovering how to use X-Rays to determine the atomic structures of crystals and molecules. He was director of the research unit in which James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix structure of DNA., Light is a Messenger, is the first biography of William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics-the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. It describes how bragg discovered how to use X-rays to determine the arrangement of atoms in crystals and his pivotal role in developing this technique to the point that the structures of the most complex molecules known to man-the proteins and nucelic acids-could be solved. Although Bragg's Nobel Prize was for Physics, his research profoundly affected chemistry and the new field of molecular biology, of which he became a founding figure. This book explains how these revolutionary scientific events occurred while Bragg struggled to emerge from the shadow of his father, Sir William Bragg, and amidst a career-long rivalry with the brilliant American chemist, Linus Pauling., Light is a Messenger , is the first biography of William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics-the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize. It describes how bragg discovered how to use X-rays to determine the arrangement of atoms in crystals and his pivotal role in developing this technique to the point that the structures of the most complex molecules known to man-the proteins and nucelic acids-could be solved. Although Bragg's Nobel Prize was for Physics, his research profoundly affected chemistry and the new field of molecular biology, of which he became a founding figure. This book explains how these revolutionary scientific events occurred while Bragg struggled to emerge from the shadow of his father, Sir William Bragg, and amidst a career-long rivalry with the brilliant American chemist, Linus Pauling.
LC Classification NumberQC16.B658H86 2004
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