The radioactive processes thus reveal an enormous store of energy resident in the atoms. No indications of this had been observed previously, because the chemical and physical forces at our disposal were not sufficient to cause atoms to break up into simpler forms.


Radioactivity And Radioactive Substances by James Chadwick (1921), Chapter 1, Radioactivity and Radioactive Substances, p. 6

James Chadwick Quotes

The radioactive processes thus reveal an enormous store of energy resident in the atoms. No indications of this had been observed previously, because ...

The radioactive processes thus reveal an enormous store of energy resident in the atoms. No indications of this had been observed previously, because ...

The radioactive processes thus reveal an enormous store of energy resident in the atoms. No indications of this had been observed previously, because ...

The radioactive processes thus reveal an enormous store of energy resident in the atoms. No indications of this had been observed previously, because ...