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Donald Trump's 'Split the Atom' Claim Vexes New Zealanders
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 ...
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Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England to New Zealand before he was born. They ran a successful farm near Nelson, where Ernest was born. One of 12 children, he liked the hard work and ...
Inside the sudden exit of a central bank governor
The aggressively nationalist Kiwi central bank boss Adrian Orr deliberately pushed New Zealand into recession. Australian ...
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New Zealanders upset after Trump falsely claims US split the atom: ‘The one thing we did’
Donald Trump vexed New Zealanders on the first day of his presidency after he claimed that America split the atom – a feat achieved by Sir Ernest Rutherford from Nelson in New Zealand.
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Professor Kieran Flanagan wins 2022 Ernest Rutherford Medal
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New-Zealand-born British physicist who is generally considered to be the father of nuclear physics. This medal comes with a prize of £1,000 and ...
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Ernest Rutherford
The inscription reads: 1871 ERNEST RUTHERFORD OF NELSON 1937 He was born on 30 August 1871 near Nelson in New Zealand, son of James and Martha (Thompson). After education in New Zealand he moved to ...