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

(d) An atom has a nearly continuous mass distribution in a ..... but has a highly non-uniform mass distribution in ..... (Thomson’s model/ Rutherford’s model.) (e) The positively ...

The same apparatus used to generate an X-ray photoelectron spectrum was also used to study β-ray energies (e.g., (Rutherford ... on the charge on the atom led to models being developed in the 1970s ...

“Rutherford, born in Brightwater, raised in Foxhill and Havelock and educated at Nelson College and Canterbury University went on to split the atom in 1917 at Victoria University in Manchester ...

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 Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the subatomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

"Rutherford, born in Brightwater, raised in Foxhill and Havelock and educated at Nelson College and Canterbury University went on to split the atom in 1917 at Victoria University in Manchester in ...

who in 1897 discovered the electron and in 1904 proposed a model of the atom — was the first person to be credited with splitting the atom. Rutherford, the New Zealand-born scientist ...

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished. Donald Trump angered New Zealanders ...