In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild inauguration speech.

New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement widely attributed to Ernest ...

After President Trump's claim, a mayor in New Zealand pointed out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by physicist Ernest Rutherford.

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims ...

The Physics Laboratory, 1908 Manchester was able to appoint Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealander who had studied ... building a team of brilliant associates who created nuclear physics. Highlights ...

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by ...

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump ... the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit surprised by new President ...

Ernest Rutherford, born in Nelson, New Zealand, and educated in Brightwater, is renowned for his work in nuclear physics. In 1917, while at Victoria University of Manchester in England ...

Widely regarded as the "father of nuclear physics," Rutherford was awarded the Nobel ... Englishman John Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton later performed the first controlled experiment ...