Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction WITH Physical evidence for the division of heavy nuclei under neutron bombardment WITH Liberation of neutrons in the nuclear explosion of uranium WITH Products of the fission of the uranium nucleus in Nature Volume 143, 1939, pp. 239-240; p. 276; pp. 470-471; p. 471-472
London: Macmillan, 1939. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITIONS, FOUR LANDMARK PAPERS DOCUMENTING THE DISCOVERY OF NUCLEAR FISSION, including Meitner and Frisch's "Disintegration of Uranium by Neutron", the first announcement of the new process. Building upon the work of many before him, including Rutherford, Chadwick, Corbino, Pontecorvo, Curie and Joliot, Enrico Fermi..... More