NYPL RADIUM (5)
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June 12, 2024
A series exploring the New York Public Library’s digital collection of radium-related ephemera.
From the NYPL’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints an Photographs: Print Collection.
Rutherford (1871–1937) was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. His discoveries include the concept of radioactive half-life, the radioactive element radon, and the differentiation and naming of alpha and beta radiation.
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