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Ernest Rutherford

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Ernest Rutherford

1871–1937

New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871–1937)

Victorian Era

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Biography

Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday." In 1908, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances."

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1871
Birth

New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

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1910
Event

Ernest Rutherford kann den experimentellen Nachweis von Atomkernen erbringen, als Heliumatome beim Durchqueren dünner Metallfolien ihre Bahn verändern.

December 20 →
1937
Death

New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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