TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cathcart,Brian
TI  - The fly in the cathedral
SN  - 0374157162
U1  - 539.762 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Science- England- Cambridge- History
KW  - Science- England- Cambridge- biography
N1  - "The Fly in the Cathedral" is a historical narrative by Brian Cathcart that tells the story of the discovery of the neutron and the splitting of the atom by a team of scientists at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England, in the 1930s. The book focuses on the work of James Chadwick, John Cockcroft, and Ernest Walton, who successfully split the atom using a particle accelerator. Cathcart's engaging account explores the scientific rivalry and collaboration that led to this groundbreaking achievement, which paved the way for the development of nuclear physics and its applications
ER  -