PLANETARY ATOM, THE: A Fictional Account of George Adolphus Schott the Forgotten Physicist

'I read The Planetary Atom with great interest. Of course, we are all aware of the major contributions made by legendary researchers such as Ernest Rutherford, who first set up the model known as 'the planetary atom'. But I knew nothing of the much more discrete figure of George Adolphus Schott. I was impressed, on reading this book, to discover the significance and conceptual depth of his work.'

Claude Cohen-TannoudjiNobel Laureate in PhysicsCollège de France, Paris

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