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| Geiger was received his Ph.D. in 1906 from the University of Erlangen. Geiger was one of the most valuable collaborators of Ernest Rutherford, in Manchester England He worked with Rutherford from 1906 to 1912. In 1911, Geiger and Rutherford devised the first version of the Geiger counter to count the number of alpha particles and other ionizing radiation. Geiger used his counter in early experiments that helped led to the identification of the alpha particles as the nucleus of the helium atom. The counter also helped demonstrated that alpha particles had two units of charge. Many theories of radioactivity were also found and demonstrated by Geiger. In 1910, with Rutherford, they showed that two alpha particles are emitted in the radioactive decay of uranium. In 1912, with J. M. Nuttal, they proved that radioactive decay of uranium is caused by two uranium isotopes. They formed a rule of 1911 called Geiger-Nuttall, which states that the relationship is linear between the logarithm of the range of alpha particles and the radioactive time constant, which is involved in the rate of decay of emitting nucleus. |
| Background and Contributions of Hans Geiger |
| Splitting the atom |
| The Geiger Counter |
Some Web Sources on the History of Atomic Scientists:
The
History of Chemistry 1992 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute
Selected
Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
Classic
Papers from the History of Chemistry (and Some Physics too)
Classic Chemistry
compiled by Carmen Giunta
History of Science
website by Charlesworth
Center for the History of Physics
Echo Exploring & Collecting
History Online
Atom:
The Incredible World: The History of Atomistics
Nobel Prize WebPage
Biographies
of Famous Chemists, University of Liverpool
University
of Pennsylvania Biographies
Chemistry:
A History
Famous
Scientists greatly who contributed to "electro" science: electricity, electromagnetism,
electrical
technology, electronics, electrical telegraphy, radio, electrochemistry,
electromedicine, etc.
Elements
and Atoms: Case Studies in the Development of Chemistry
| Full biographical information on Sacks' book Uncle Tungsten | pp. 288, 299n |
| Full biographical information on Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology | Pages in Asimov |
| Science Museum, London | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ |
| University of Manchester | http://www.man.ac.uk/ |
* see following Rodgers link to scientific/historical sites for further information.
(1) Taken from The Scientific Traveler, Charles Tanford and Jacqueline, John Wiley & Sons, NY (1992).
(2) Taken from A Travel Guide to Scientific Sites of the British Isles, Charles Tanford and Jacqueline Reynolds, John Wiley & Sons, NY (1995).
(3) Taken from Guide of Eurpoean Museums with collections on History of Chemistry, compiled by Jan W. van Spronsen, Federation of European Societies, Antwerp (1996)
Links to Dr. Rodgers' Scientific/Historical Sites
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