The report lists two lectures, on October 8 and 15. The lecture on atomic structure was likely the one delivered on the 15th.Cambridge University Reporter, 7 October 1936, p. 141
The lecture took place in the lecture room of the Physiological Laboratory. discussing the result of an experiment in 1909 where alpha particles were scattered backwards when fired at a thin sheet of metal foil, which led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. The full lecture was reprinted in Background to Modern Science: Ten Lectures at Cambridge arranged by the History of Science Committee 1936.
It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you." in the context of "From a lecture delivered on October 15, 1936 at Cambridge University,Report on the Activities of the History of Science Lectures Committee 1936–1947, Whipple Museum Papers, Whipple Museum for the History of Science, Cambridge, C62 i.
The report lists two lectures, on October 8 and 15. The lecture on atomic structure was likely the one delivered on the 15th.Cambridge University Reporter, 7 October 1936, p. 141
The lecture took place in the lecture room of the Physiological Laboratory. discussing the result of an experiment in 1909 where alpha particles were scattered backwards when fired at a thin sheet of metal foil, which led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. The full lecture was reprinted in Background to Modern Science: Ten Lectures at Cambridge arranged by the History of Science Committee 1936." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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