The World Made New: Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environment Hardcover - 1996
by Linda Merricks
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The world made new is a biography of one of the most original and widely significant, yet largely forgotten, British scientists. Frederick Soddy was born in 1877 and was one of the first generation of English atomic scientists, who stood out from his colleagues from the start. He worked with Rutherford on the initial discoveries about atomic disintegration, for which Rutherford received the Nobel Prize. Soddy himself received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his research on isotopes. Soddy's worry about the responsibility of science and scientists to society began with his fear that the atomic energy he and Rutherford had discovered could be disastrous if suitable political controls were not enforced, and led to him abandoning scientific research. He lived to see his worst fears realized with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soddy was also concerned with economics and ecology and was a pioneer in the field of energy conservation and environmental ethics. Throughout his life, Soddy was also committed to social reform. Frederick Soddy was a remarkable and talented man who was not recognized as such in his own life-time, largely because his ideas and attitudes did not fit in with the times in which he lived. However he has become more appreciated since his death, not only because his scientific work has gained its rightful recognition, but also because of the increased awareness today of the environment and the role of science in it.
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- Title The World Made New: Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environment
- Author Linda Merricks
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher OUP Oxford, 1996. 246p. Hardback.
- Date 1996-07-11
- ISBN 9780198559344 / 0198559348
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.44 x 6.29 x 0.75 in (23.98 x 15.98 x 1.91 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Physicists - Great Britain - Biography, Soddy, Frederick
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95042047
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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