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Planetary Atom, The: A Fictional Account Of George Adolphus Schott The Forgotten Physicist, Hardback Book

Planetary Atom, The: A Fictional Account Of George Adolphus Schott The Forgotten Physicist Hardback

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'I read The Planetary Atom with great interest. Of course, we are all aware of the major contributions made by legendary researchers such as Ernest Rutherford, who first set up the model known as 'the planetary atom'.

But I knew nothing of the much more discrete figure of George Adolphus Schott.

I was impressed, on reading this book, to discover the significance and conceptual depth of his work.'Claude Cohen-TannoudjiNobel Laureate in PhysicsCollege de France, Paris 'Although Science is not fiction, the lives and works of scientists provide real substance for a novel like The Planetary Atom, which tells a story of general public interest.'Jean-Marie LehnNobel Laureate in ChemistryUniversite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg Foreword by Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Laureate in ChemistryThis largely imaginary biography recreates the life and times of George Adolphus Schott, a contemporary of Rutherford and Bohr, who criticized the Planetary Atom which was proposed to account for celebrated observations by Rutherford.

Schott proved the Planetary Atom to be incompatible with fundamental properties of physics.

Unfortunately, his work was cast aside because of Bohr's success in accounting for the structure of the atom.

Later, it was found that Schott had, in fact, predicted important effects.

Nonetheless, his contribution was forgotten and his discovery of Synchrotron Radiation was attributed to another.In The Planetary Atom, Schott's interactions with eminent scientists of the time are reconstructed.

The novel rehabilitates an unjustly forgotten British researcher and restores him to his rightful place as one of the great scientists of his time.Related Link(s)

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