Books
Bortz, Fred. The Big Bang Theory: Edwin Hubble and the Origin of the Universe. New York: Rosen, 2014.
——. The Periodic Table of Elements and Dmitry Mendeleyev. New York: Rosen, 2014.
——. Physics: Decade by Decade. Twentieth-Century Science. New York: Facts On File, 2007.
Challoner, Jack. The Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe. London: Carlton Books, 2012.
Green, Dan, and Simon Basher. Extreme Physics. New York: Kingfisher, 2013.
Hagler, Gina. Discovering Quantum Mechanics. New York: Rosen, 2015.
Hollar, Sherman. Electronics. New York: Britannica Educational Services, 2012.
Marsico, Katie. Key Discoveries in Physical Science. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 2015.
Morgan, Sally. From Greek Atoms to Quarks: Discovering Atoms. New York: Heinemann Publishing, 2008.
Websites
American Institute of Physics Center for the History of Physics
www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history
This site includes several valuable online exhibits from the history of physics, including The Discovery of the Electron and Rutherford’s Nuclear World.
The Nobel Foundation Prizes for Physics
www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics
Learn more about past Nobel Prize winners, including J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Louis de Broglie, Albert Einstein, and George Paget Thomson. Each entry includes quick biographical facts and brief summaries of their awardwinning contributions to physics.
The Science Museum (UK)
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
This site includes the online exhibit Atomic Firsts, which tells the story of Ernest Rutherford, J. J. Thomson and his son George Paget Thomson, who also won the Nobel Prize for his experiment that proved the existence of de Broglie’s predicted electron waves.
Museums and Institutes
American Chemical Society (ACS)
1155 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
(800) 227-5558
portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content
Chartered by the US Congress, the ACS is one of the world’s leading sources of trustworthy and accurate scientific information.
American Institute of Physics
Center for the History of Physics
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
(301) 209-3165
www.aip.org/history-programs/physics-history
The Center for History of Physics houses a research library, a photo archive, and has created numerous online resources in all areas of physics, including Rutherford’s Nuclear World.
Ernest Rutherford Collection
Room 111 Ernest Rutherford Physics Building
McGill University
3600 rue University
Montréal, QC H3A 2T8
Canada
(514) 398-6490
www.mcgill.ca/historicalcollections/departmental/ernest-rutherford
On permanent display at the Rutherford Museum is the apparatus used by Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford when he was professor of experimental physics at McGill from 1898 to 1907.
Lederman Science Education Center
Fermilab MS 777
Box 500
Batavia, IL 60510
(630) 840-8258
ed.fnal.gov/lsc/lscvideo/index.shtml
Visit the Lederman Science Education Center and explore the science and history of subatomic particles.
Ontario Science Centre
770 Don Mills Road
Toronto, ON M3C 1T3
Canada
(416) 696-1000
www.ontariosciencecentre.ca
The Ontario Science Centre is Canada’s leading science and technology museum. Its programs and exhibits aim to inspire a lifelong journey of curiosity, discovery, and action to create a better future for the planet.