
For Science King & Country
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Killed in action at Gallipoli in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, aged just twenty-seven, Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was widely regarded as the most promising British physicist of his generation. His pioneering measurements of X-ray spectra provided a firm basis for the concept of atomic number and re-cast the periodic table of the elements into its modern form. Had he survived, he seemed destined to win a Nobel Prize.
This book is a commemoration of Moseley's life, work, and legacy. Inspired by the exhibition 'Dear Harry... Henry Moseley: A Scientist Lost to War', at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, in 2015-2016, and revisiting earlier accounts, thirteen historians and scientists chart his experience of Manchester and Oxford; his military service; the reception of his work by the scientific community; and the impact of his work upon X-ray spectroscopy in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
For Science, King & Country speaks to those with an interest in history, science, and the First World War, and draws upon a wealth of archives, artefacts, and recent research on the reward systems of science. Overall, it presents a comprehensive account of a young scientist whose brief but mercurial career paved the way to a new understanding of nature, and to shaping the future of physical science.
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- Intro
- TITLE PGAE
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE: LIFE
- 1: HENRY MOSELEY: AT ETON AND OXFORD
- 2: MOSELEY IN MANCHESTER
- 3: READING BETWEEN THE LINES: DECONSTRUCTING MOSELEY'S DIAGRAM
- 4: ANTONIUS VAN DEN BROEK, MOSELEY, AND THE CONCEPT OF ATOMIC NUMBER
- 5: SACRIFICE OF A GENIUS: MOSELEY THE SIGNALS OFFICER AND SIGNALLING IN GALLIPOLI
- PART TWO: LEGACY
- 6: HENRY MOSELEY AND THE POLITICS OF NOBEL EXCELLENCE
- 7: MOSELEY AND THE MATTEUCCI MEDAL
- 8: X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY AND THE DISCOVERY OF NEW ELEMENTS
- 9: X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY 100 YEARS ON
- 10: ACCOUNTS OF MOSELEY AND VERSIONS OF HIS LAWS
- 11: ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES: REINTERPRETING HARRY'S STORY IN A MUSEUM CONTEXT
- APPENDIX I: THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS AND THE LABELLING OF X-RAY SPECTRA
- APPENDIX II: PRIMARY ACCOUNTS OF MOSELEY'S DEATH
- APPENDIX III: MEMORIALS TO MOSELEY AND ONLINE LECTURES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CONTRIBUTORS
- COPYRIGHT
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