Center for Science Writings presents: A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford, March 12
Stevens alumnus Richard Reeves returns to campus to discuss his latest book
HOBOKEN, N.J. ― The Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology presents, “A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford,” with Stevens alumnus Richard Reeves, on Wednesday, March 12. Reeves, esteemed journalist, author and presidential biographer, will to discuss his recently published book on Ernest Rutherford’s experiments. In November of 2005, Reeves returned to Stevens to recreate Ernest Rutherford’s famous 1909 gold foil experiment, which disproved the plum pudding model of the atom.
Reeves has written biographies of presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan, traversed the journey of Alexis de Tocqueville and won a Peabody Award and an Emmy.
The event will take place in the Babbio Center , Room 122, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. All CSW events are free and open to the public.
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