Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...
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Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from ... He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a model of the atom that was similar to the solar system. Like planets, electrons orbited a central ...
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Further developments to the atomic model
In 1913, Niels Bohr revised Rutherford's model by suggesting that the electrons ... However, there was still a difference between the atomic number of the atom and the atomic mass.
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The Rutherford Building
He based his designs on the best German models and on new American ... tracers), Ernest Marsden (atomic nucleus) and James Chadwick (a Manchester student who later discovered the neutron). Hans Geiger ...
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Rutherford’s Legacy – the birth of nuclear physics in Manchester
Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split ... ‘This discovery, and the earlier work done by Rutherford that established the existence ...
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Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father ... nucleus orbited by a number of electrons In 1803, John Dalton's atomic theory brought them into scientific view, but the Manchester scientist ...