caa a22 4500 445839171 CHVBK 20180317145338.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00016-010-0038-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00016-010-0038-1 Jenkin John Philosophy Program, La Trobe University, 3086, Victoria, Australia aut Atomic Energy is "Moonshine”: What did Rutherford Really Mean? [Elektronische Daten] [John Jenkin] In the 1930s Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) repeatedly suggested, sometimes angrily, that the possibility of harnessing atomic energy was "moonshine.” Yet, as war approached he secretly advised the British government to "keep an eye on the matter.” I suggest that Rutherford did not really believe his "moonshine” claim but did have profound reasons for making it. If I am correct, then this casts additional light on his personality, stature, and career. Springer Basel AG, 2010 Ernest Rutherford nationallicence Frederick Soddy nationallicence James Chadwick nationallicence Henry G.J. Moseley nationallicence Mark Oliphant nationallicence Leo Szilard nationallicence Maurice Hankey nationallicence McGill University nationallicence University of Manchester nationallicence University of Cambridge nationallicence Great War nationallicence atomic energy nationallicence radioactivity nationallicence nuclear physics nationallicence social responsibility of scientists nationallicence history of physics nationallicence Physics in Perspective SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 13/2(2011-06-01), 128-145 1422-6944 13:2<128 2011 13 16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0038-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00016-010-0038-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Jenkin John Philosophy Program, La Trobe University, 3086, Victoria, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Physics in Perspective SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 13/2(2011-06-01), 128-145 1422-6944 13:2<128 2011 13 16 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer