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The World Made New

The World Made New

Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environment

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This is the biography of one of the most original and widely significant, yet largely forgotten, British scientists. Frederick Soddy is an intriguing figure who was deeply concerned with and involved in politics, economics, and the role of science in the world. He was one of the first generation of English atomic scientists, working with Rutherford on the initial discoveries about atomic disintegration, and received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for hi research on isotopes. Soddys worryabout 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 his abandoning scientific research. He lived to see his worst fears realizedwith the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Soddy was a pioneer in the field of energy conservation and environmental ethics, and was 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 alsobecause of the increased awareness today of the environment and the role of science in it.
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OUP Oxford
84255
9780198559344
9780198559344

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Publication date
1996
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
246
Dimensions (mm)
162 x 242
Weight (g)
513
  • Introduction; Childhood and early life; Success; Glasgow; Aberdeen and the First World War; Oxford and big science; Monetary and other theories; New Britain; The darkest days; The post-war world; Epilogue:: The Frederick Soddy Trust; Bibliography;
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