A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements [in] The Physical Review Second Series, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 1923
by Compton, Arthur Holly; et al
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About This Item
Published for the American Physical Society, 1923. First Edition. Fine. First edition of Arthur Compton's Nobel Prize-winning paper on the "Compton Effect." Pp. [483]-584. Complete issue, bound without wraps in green cloth with leather spine lettered in gilt. Pages toned, small bumped to edge of upper boards, else Fine. Contains a paper by Arthur Holly Compton, "A Quantum Theory of Scattering X-rays by Light Elements" on pp. [483]-502. Compton won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work in 1923, the Compton Effect, or the scattering of a photon by a charged particle, usually an electron, which results in a decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of the photon. He would go on to be a key figure in the Manhattan Project.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940037
- Title
- A Quantum Theory of the Scattering of X-rays by Light Elements [in] The Physical Review Second Series, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 1923
- Author
- Compton, Arthur Holly; et al
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Published for the American Physical Society
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Space-Age, Atomic Physics
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