Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 217
Index of Biographies......Page 0
Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
1922 NIELS BOHR......Page 11
Presentation by S. A. Arrhenius......Page 12
The structure of the atom, by N. Bohr......Page 15
Biography N. Bohr......Page 52
1923 ROBERT ANDREWS MILLIKAN......Page 56
Presentation by A. Gullstrand......Page 57
The electron and the light-quant from the experimental point of view, by R. A. Millikan......Page 60
Biography R. A. Millikan......Page 73
I924 KARL MANNE GEORG SIEGBAHN......Page 76
Presentation by A. Gullstrand......Page 77
The X-ray spectra and the structure of the atoms, by K. M. G. Siegbahn......Page 85
Biography K. M. G. Siegbahn......Page 94
1925 JAMES FRANCK and GUSTAV HERTZ......Page 97
Presentation by C. W. Oseen......Page 98
Transformations of kinetic energy of free electrons into excitation energy of atoms by impacts......Page 101
Biography J. Franck......Page 112
The results of electron-impact tests in the light of Bohr’s theory of atoms, by G. Hertz......Page 115
Biography G. Hertz......Page 133
Presentation by C. W. Oseen......Page 135
Discontinuous structure of matter, by J. B. Perrin......Page 136
Biography J. B. Perrin......Page 166
1927 ARTHUR HOLLY COMPTON and CHARLES THOMSON REES WILSON......Page 168
Presentation by K. M. G. Siegbahn......Page 169
X-rays as a branch of optics, by A. H. Compton......Page 174
Biography A. H. Compton......Page 191
On the cloud method of making visible ions and the tracks of ionizing particles, by C. T. R. Wilson......Page 194
Biography C. T. R. Wilson......Page 215
