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Splitting the atom before the atom had been split

History and Philosophy of Physics 2024-12-20 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The history of the discovery of nuclear fission and how science fiction had anticipated it.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2412.14882,
  title  = {Splitting the atom before the atom had been split},
  author = {Julyan H. E. Cartwright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.14882},
  year   = {2024}
}
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