From Arguments to Alternatives Rhetorical Recirculation in 1912
By 1912 William Henry Bragg was an established figure in British science. Beginning his career and starting a family in Adelaide, South Australia, the elder Bragg built his research reputation through his work on alpha particles and his critique of the exponential law of absorption (Wheaton 82). Thi...
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| Published in | Assembling Arguments p. 75 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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University of South Carolina Press
20.01.2016
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| Summary: | By 1912 William Henry Bragg was an established figure in British science. Beginning his career and starting a family in Adelaide, South Australia, the elder Bragg built his research reputation through his work on alpha particles and his critique of the exponential law of absorption (Wheaton 82). This research program led the elder Bragg to believe that X-rays were particle phenomena, and he developed a hypothesis—the neutral-pair hypothesis—to account for his position.* The elder Bragg was one of the staunchest supporters of a corpuscular (or semicorpuscular) conception of X-rays, and he publicly debated this position with Charles Barkla, |
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| ISBN: | 1611175615 9781611175615 |