Biography:Ernest Rutherford
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| Ernest Rutherford | |
| Born | 1871 |
| Died | 1937
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| Known for | Nuclear model of the atom; radioactivity |
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) was a New Zealand-born physicist whose scattering experiments led to the nuclear model of the atom. His work established that atoms contain a small, dense, positively charged nucleus.
In the Quantum Collection, Rutherford is linked with atomic structure, the proton, and the transition from classical atomic models to quantum atomic theory.
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Author: Harold Foppele