A classic 1904 work, Nobel Laureate Ernest Rutherford describes his pioneering experiments with radioactivity. Includes a discussion of radioactive substances, examinations of the ionization theory of gases, methods of measurement, the nature of radiation, and the rate of emission of energy. Also includes properties of radiation, the continuous production of radioactive matter, radioactive emanations, more. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1904.
Radioactive Substances by Marie Curie The celebrated scientist's thesis, which directly preceded her 1903 Nobel Prize, discusses establishing atomic character of radioactivity; extraction from pitchblende of polonium and radium; isolation of pure radium chloride; more.
