Author: PERRIN, Jean (Baptiste) (1897-1942):
Title: Grains de matière et de lumière. 4 parties/brochures. 'Actualités scientifiques et industrielles', 190-193, 'Atomistique', 3-6.
Description: Paris, Hermann, 1935, in-4°, cachets, brochures originales. ¶ Première édition des quatre parties: 1) Existence des grains. 1 f. + 43 pp., fig. + 1 pl. / 2) Structure des atomes. 1 f. + 53 pp., fig. + 2 pll. / 3) Noyaux des atomes. 1 f. + 27 pp., fig. / 4) Transmutations provoquées. 1 f. + 43 pp., fig. + 1 pl., papier non rogné, qqs soulignements au crayon. Jean Perrin, membre et président de l'Institut, fut professeur de chimie physique à la Sorbonne (1910-1940), Prix Nobel de Physique en 1926. His most fundamental conclusion - that he had finally uncovered irrefutable proof for the real existence of atoms - contrary to the assertions and expectations of Ostwald, Mach, and others - was soon universally accepted and popularized in his book 'Les atomes' (1913), which went through many editions and translations' (DSB). Dictionary of Scientific Biography X/524-6. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

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