Ernest Rutherford (Person) AKA 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson
Ernest Rutherford
1871 AD - 1937 AD
AKA 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson
New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
In early work, Rutherford discovered
- discovered the concept of radioactive half-life
- discovered the radioactive element radon
- differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation.
- theorized the tiny nucleus of atoms
- performed the first artificially induced nuclear reaction
- Spouse
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Mary Georgina Newton1900 AD
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