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THIS book contains a concise account of the discovery and subsequent investigation of the radio-active elements by Becquerel, the Curies, Rutherford and others. It is written mainly from a chemical standpoint, and many of the effects which have been accurately measured, especially by Rutherford, are referred to as though they had been merely observed and not measured. For example, Rutherford has shown that the radio-activity of thorium-X dies away with time according to the formula e-kt , where t is the time and k a constant, but Hofmann merely mentions that the activity dies away. The book contains references to the original papers published before the latter half of 1902, and should prove useful to those wishing to study the subject.
Die radioactiven Stoffe nach dem gegenwärti gen Stande der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis.
By Karl Hofmann. Pp. 54. (Leipzig: Ambrosius Barth, 1903.) Price 1.60 marks.
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W., H. Die radioactiven Stoffe nach dem gegenwärti gen Stande der wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnis . Nature 67, 511 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067511b0
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