Download or read book From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939 written by Per F Dahl and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Nuclear Transmutation to Nuclear Fission, 1932-1939 deals with a particular phase in the early history of nuclear physics: the race among four laboratory teams to be the first to achieve the transmutation of atomic nuclei with artificially accelerated nuclear projectiles (protons) in high-voltage discharge tubes. This volume covers the backgro