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Nature 429, 702 (17 June 2004) | doi:10.1038/429702a
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BOOK REVIEWED-The Fly in the Cathedral: How a Small Group of Cambridge Scientists Won the Race to Split the Atom
by Brain Cathcart
Viking: 2004. 320 pp. £14.99
If an atom were expanded to the size of a cathedral, its nucleus would be the size of a fly. Ernest Rutherford deduced the existence of this atomic 'fly' some 90 years ago, but the challenge of illuminating its mysteries and determining its make-up seemed to be beyond reach.
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