Soddy, Frederick

1877–1956 English radiochemist who conceived the concept of isotopes.

Keywords: radioactivity; Rutherford; isotope

 Further Reading
    book Soddy F (1904) Radioactivity: an Elementary Treatise from the Standpoint of the Disintegration Theory. London: The Electrician Printing and Publishing.
    book Soddy F (1911–1914) The Chemistry of the Radioelements, 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green.
    book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
    Fleck A (1957) Frederick Soddy. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 3: 203–216.
    book Howorth M (1958) Pioneer Research on the Atom. Rutherford and Soddy in a Glorious Chapter of Science, the Life Story of Frederick Soddy. London: New World Publications.
    book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation.
    book Kauffman GB (ed.) (1986) Frederick Soddy: Early Pioneer in Radiochemistry. Dordrecht: Reidel.
    book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York and London: Gale Research.
    book Merricks L (1996) The World Made New: Frederick Soddy, Science, Politics, and Environment. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    book Trenn TJ (1977) The Self-splitting Atom. London: Taylor and Francis.
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Watson, Katherine D(Apr 2001) Soddy, Frederick. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002915]