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THE beautiful conception which inspires and co-ordinates practically the whole of modern atomic physics is the atomic model of Rutherford and Bohr. Its essential feature-the nucleus-was first put forward by Rutherford in 1911 on the basis of experiments on the scattering of a-particles. So convincing is this model that after only twelve years it is known no longer as “the atomic model of Rutherford and Bohr,” but is simply taken for granted as “the atom.” In this development, moreover, the ideas of Bohr have played such a dominating part that it is of the greatest importance that the three essays of this volume should be accessible in English, as well as in the original Danish and German, to the widest circle of readers. We welcome most heartily their opportune appearance.
The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays.
By Prof. Niels Bohr. Pp. x + 126. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1922.) 7s. 6d. net.
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FOWLER, R. The Structure of the Atom. Nature 111, 523–526 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111523a0
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