Rutherford died two years before the discovery of atomic fission. "All science is either physics or stamp collecting." ...

Rutherford’s discovery is now often described as ‘splitting the atom’ in popular accounts, but this should not be confused with the process of nuclear fission discovered later in the 1930s. Between ...

A brilliant experimentalist and a natural leader, Rutherford transformed the Manchester department, building a team of brilliant associates who created nuclear physics. Highlights included the ...

Further research by scientists like Ernest Rutherford categorized radioactive emissions into alpha, beta, and gamma rays, leading to the understanding of radioactive decay and the concept of half ...

Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is ...