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Bookmark or Share- Rutherford model | Definition, Description, Image, & FactsRutherford model, description of the structure of atoms proposed (1911) by the New Zealand-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. The model described the atom as a tiny, dense, positively charged core called a nucleus, around which the light, negative constituents, called electrons, circulate at some distance.
- Ernest Rutherford - WikipediaErnest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OM, PRS, HonFRSE [7] (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. Rutherford has been described as "the father of nuclear physics", [8] and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday ". [9] .
- Biography of Physicist Ernest Rutherford - ThoughtCoErnest Rutherford was the first man to split an atom, transmuting one element into another. He performed experiments on radioactivity and is widely regarded as the Father of Nuclear Physics or Father of the Nuclear Age. Here is a brief biography of this important scientist: Born: August 30, 1871, Spring Grove, New Zealand. Died: Read More.
- Ernest Rutherford - Atomic Theory, Nobel Prize, PhysicsErnest Rutherford - Atomic Theory, Nobel Prize, Physics: Such nuclear reactions occupied Rutherford for the remainder of his career, which was spent back at the University of Cambridge, where he succeeded Thomson in 1919 as director of the Cavendish Laboratory.
- Ernest Rutherford | Accomplishments, Atomic Theory, & FactsErnest Rutherford (born August 30, 1871, Spring Grove, New Zealand—died October 19, 1937, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) New Zealand-born British physicist considered the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (1791–1867).
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