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FERMI, ENRICO. 1901-1954. "Radioattività indotta da bombardamento di neutroni" [Radioactivity induced by neutron bombardment] and "Radioattività provocata da bombardamento di neutroni" ["Radioactivity provoked by neutron bombardment]. In: La Ricerca Scientifica ed il Progresso Tecnico Nell'Economia Nazionale , Vol 1, Nos 5 and 6, March 15 and 31, 1934.
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FERMI, ENRICO. 1901-1954.
"Radioattività indotta da bombardamento di neutroni" [Radioactivity induced by neutron bombardment] and "Radioattività provocata da bombardamento di neutroni" ["Radioactivity provoked by neutron bombardment]. In: La Ricerca Scientifica ed il Progresso Tecnico Nell'Economia Nazionale , Vol 1, Nos 5 and 6, March 15 and 31, 1934.
Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, [2], 241-299; xvi, [2], 303-347 pp. Plates, text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Light toning, edges foxed, otherwise near fine.
Provenance: presentation stamp of the Comitati del Consigilio Nazionale delle Ricerche, publishers of La Ricerca Scientifica; Jeremy Norman.
FIRST EDITION OF THE TWO PAPERS THAT RECORD THE BEGINNING OF FERMI'S RESEARCH ON THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS, the work for which he was later awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1934 the Joliot-Curies discovered artificial radioactivity, which gave Fermi the opportunity to begin his experimental investigations in nuclear physics. The Joliot-Curies had used alpha particles to bombard the nucleus; however, Fermi reasoned that bombardment with neutrons would be much more effective in producing radioactive elements because neutrons carried no electric charge and thus would be more likely to enter the target nuclei. Fermi and his team began bombarding elements from hydrogen on up; they achieved their first success with fluorine, as documented in item 1. Item 2 records the beginning of the work that Fermi and his team performed during the spring and early summer of 1934, during which they "irradiate[d] all the substances [they] could lay their hands on" (Fermi Collected Papers, I, p 640), and missed discovering the phenomenon of nuclear fission. Fermi, Collected Papers, 84a and 85a.
Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, [2], 241-299; xvi, [2], 303-347 pp. Plates, text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Light toning, edges foxed, otherwise near fine.
Provenance: presentation stamp of the Comitati del Consigilio Nazionale delle Ricerche, publishers of La Ricerca Scientifica; Jeremy Norman.
FIRST EDITION OF THE TWO PAPERS THAT RECORD THE BEGINNING OF FERMI'S RESEARCH ON THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS, the work for which he was later awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1934 the Joliot-Curies discovered artificial radioactivity, which gave Fermi the opportunity to begin his experimental investigations in nuclear physics. The Joliot-Curies had used alpha particles to bombard the nucleus; however, Fermi reasoned that bombardment with neutrons would be much more effective in producing radioactive elements because neutrons carried no electric charge and thus would be more likely to enter the target nuclei. Fermi and his team began bombarding elements from hydrogen on up; they achieved their first success with fluorine, as documented in item 1. Item 2 records the beginning of the work that Fermi and his team performed during the spring and early summer of 1934, during which they "irradiate[d] all the substances [they] could lay their hands on" (Fermi Collected Papers, I, p 640), and missed discovering the phenomenon of nuclear fission. Fermi, Collected Papers, 84a and 85a.