Author: W. H. Bragg

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781332315840

Excerpt from Studies in Radioactivity In this book I have dealt mainly with the phenomena attending the passage of the a, B, 7 and X rays through matter. It is a subject which I have myself tried to investigate: and the book was undertaken in response to a request that I should write a short account of my experiments and of the conclusions to which they had led. My own work has been, however, so bound up with and dependent upon that of others that it could not be considered by itself with any profit. I have therefore confined the book within the limits, not of my own enquiries, but rather of the field in which the enquiries have been made. Though this is a limited portion of the domain of radioactivity, it has been difficult to consider it in any detail in the space allowed. I have tried only to give an account of the principal features of the special subject, and to draw together the things which most invite comparison. The statement is far from complete in a historical sense, and the reader who would learn more details of the work which has been done should consult the original memoirs, or books which can really claim to be treatises on radioactivity, such as those of Rutherford or Mme. Curie. Certain general conclusions seem to me to follow from a comparative study of the three types of radiation, and I hope that I have made this appear from what I have written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.