Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Summary:

          In chapter 17, Kean is all things bubble. Bubbles play a huge part in history for the elements. Kean starts the chapter off with the story of Donald Glaser who, started the idea of using bubbles for experiments. Glaser was a partial creator in the "Bubble Chamber." Kean then goes on to talk about Rutherford and how became famous due to his studies with radioactivity. He, with the help of Soddy, was able to prove that elements can mutate into other elements. This news helped the discovery of uranium decay. We are able to tell the date of the earth by looking at the amount of uranium in rocks.