2020/07/14 by Gerhard F. Ecker, Ecker, Gerhard
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Twentieth Century Scientific Developments
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2007.06926
openalex publication_date 2020/07/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
James Chadwick is known for his discovery of the neutron. Many of his earlier findings and ideas in the context of weak and strong nuclear forces are much less known. This biographical sketch attempts to highlight the achievements of a scientist who paved the way for contemporary subatomic physics.