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" Controversy and consensus : "
Carsten Jensen ; editors, Finn Aaserud [and others].
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BL
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Record Number
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730198
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b549958
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Main Entry
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Carsten Jensen ; editors, Finn Aaserud [and others].
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Title & Author
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Controversy and consensus : : nuclear beta decay 1911-1934\ Carsten Jensen ; editors, Finn Aaserud [and others].
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Publication Statement
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Basel ; Boston, Mass.: Birkhäuser Verlag, ©2000.
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Series Statement
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Science networks historical studies, v. 24.
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(xv, 217 pages) : illustrations
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ISBN
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3034884443
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: 9783034884440
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Contents
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In Carsten Jensen's Memory --;The Main Decay Chains --;1. Prelude: Beta-Spectrum Research in the Pre-Nuclear Years, 1900-1911 --;2. The Origin of Beta Rays, and the Growing Complexity of Their Spectrum: The Rutherford Era, 1911-1919 --;3. The Rise of a Controversy: Ellis, Meitner and Smekal Advance Different Beta-Spectrum Theories, 1920-1922 --;4. Secondary Effects and Order of Emission: Two Main Questions in the Controversy, 1923-1925 --;5. The End of the Beginning: The Controversy Enters the Decisive Phase, 1925-1929 --;6. From Anomaly to Explanation: The Continuous Beta Spectrum, 1929-1934.
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Abstract
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In 1920s, a long-lasting controversy on the interpretation of nuclear beta spectrum arose between Lise Meitner and Charles Drummond Ellis. A new dispute, this time between Niels Bohr and Wolfgang Pauli, broke out. Pauli argued for a new particle, and Bohr for a new theory;
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Subject
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Beta decay -- History.
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Beta decay.
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Désintégration bêta -- Histoire.
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LC Classification
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QC793.5.B425C377 2000
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Carsten Jensen
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Finn Aaserud
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