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Evan James Williams : atomic physicist / by Rowland Wynne and Gareth Ffowc Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wynne, Rowland, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physicists.
- Williams, Evan James, 1903-1945.
- Williams, Evan James.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (135 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Wales, United Kingdom : University of Wales Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- This book presents the life and work of Professor Evan James Williams, described as one of Wales's most eminent scientists. Williams played a prominent part in the early twentieth-century revolution in physics with the emergence of quantum science, and was an able experimentalist and accomplished theoretician who made notable contributions in atomic physics and the discovery of a new elementary particle. From humble beginnings in rural Cardiganshire, his stellar career is charted in this book as he climbed the academic ladder at a number of universities, culminating in his appointment as Professor of Physics at Aberystwyth, and election to a Fellowship of the Royal Society. During the Second World War, Williams was instrumental in applying Operational Research to thwart the threat of German submarines in the Atlantic; his career was cut short, however, by his early death in 1945.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786835734
- 1786835738
- OCLC:
- 1155968984
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