In A Force of Nature, Richard Reeves chronicles the achievements and peculiarities of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford. The early 20th century was a busy time in physics and for physicists, and Rutherford was one of the period's greatest figures. Reeves' previous works deal with political history and biography, but he is clearly up to the job in the realm of science as well.

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Rutherford was from a sparsely populated part of New Zealand. He gained his early education there and exhibited some of the traits that are often indicative of a future scientist—he was curious and liked to fiddle with things. Rutherford obtained a university degree in his home country and for a while he tried teaching. Fortunately for physics, Ernest was not well suited to the teaching profession.

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