Worlds Within Worlds: The Story of Nuclear Energy, Volume 2 (of 3) / Mass and Energy; The Neutron; The Structure of the Nucleus

by Isaac Asimov

FOOTNOTES

[1]The attempt to work out the structure of the nucleus resulted in a false, but useful, theory that persisted throughout the 1920s. The great advances in nuclear science in this decade were made in the light of this false theory and, for the sake of historical accuracy, they are so presented here. The theory now believed correct will be presented shortly, and you will see how matters can be changed from the earlier concept to the later one.