A Life In Science

By Nevill F. Mott

The late Sir Nevill Mott was one of Britain's greatest ever and most admired scientists. A physicist of great repute, he was Britain's last Nobel Prize winner for Physics. This landmark book, published to celebrate Mott's 90th Birthday in 1995, explores the life and work of one of our best physicists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850663334
• ISBN13: 9780850663334
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.3"

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One of Britain's Greatest Scientists

This is an autobiography of one of Britain's greatest scientists in the twentieth century. Written near the end of his long life, it describes his many achievements.Born in 1905, his life spanned the century. He studied physics under Fowler at Cambridge. Then he worked under Niels Bohr at Copenhagen and under Max Born at Gottingen, before World War 2. This was during a time of great intellectual ferment in physics. The underpinnings of quantum mechanics were being hashed out at both places. Mott specialised in solid state research. He is remembered in the "Mott transition".The book describes his work in a manner suitable for a general audience. And how in 1977, he shared the Nobel in physics. Also of interest are his remarks on the role of physicists in the post war period. He chaired a Pugwash group in England. (Pugwash related to nuclear nonproliferation issues.)