Jensen C. Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911-1934

Springer, 2000. — 217 p.The book tells the story of discovery and study of nuclear beta decay.Prelude: Beta-Spectrum Research in the Pre-Nuclear Years, 1900-1911.
The Origin of Beta Rays, and the Growing Complexity of Their Spectrum: The Rutherford Era, 1911-1919.
The Rise of a Controversy: Ellis, Meitner and Smekal Advance Different Beta-Spectrum Theories, 1920-1922.
Secondary Effects and Order of Emission: Two Main Questions in the Controversy, 1923-1925.
The End of the Beginning: The Controversy Enters the Decisive Phase, 1925-1929.
From Anomaly to Explanation: The Continuous Beta Spectrum, 1929-1934.
Towards a Theory of Internal Conversion: The Beta Line-Spectrum, 1927-1934.