Ernest Rutherford

'' 'Ernest Rutherford' '' (born August 30, 1871, Nelson, [[New Zealand]] and died October

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009

The first commemorates Professor (later Lord) Ernest Rutherford, famous for discovering that the atom has a tiny dense nucleus with orbiting electrons (rather than being like a plum pudding with the electrons embedded in a positively charged dough) – the "nuclear" atom.

Notes and queries: All the colours of the rainbow, plus a few extra; What personalised car number plates say about their owners; The X Factor from outer space 2011

Today, physicist Ernest Rutherford's image of an atom, from the early 1900s, looks retro; we now know the atom works very differently.

The Girl With the Science Tattoo 2012

So far, more than 4,000 pages, about 20% of the university's Newton archive, have been put into digital form as part of a programme that will eventually give the public access to the papers of other famous scientists, ranging from Darwin to Ernest Rutherford.

Sir Isaac Newton's own annotated Principia Mathematica goes online 2011

In 1911 the British physicist Ernest Rutherford came up with the Rutherford model of the atom, which saw the atom as having a tiny, positively charged nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons.

A little bit about "Microcosmic Buccaneers" Johnny Pez 2009

In 1911 the British physicist Ernest Rutherford came up with the Rutherford model of the atom, which saw the atom as having a tiny, positively charged nucleus surrounded by orbiting electrons.

Archive 2009-05-01 Johnny Pez 2009

He is a son of Petr Kapitza, a famous physicist, founder of Landau Institute of Physical Problems, a disciple of Ernest Rutherford.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

In the twentieth century, Ernest Rutherford laid the ground for particle physics by discovering that every atom has a nucleus that is vastly smaller than the atom itself, and that the nucleus is made of particles that are smaller still.

Leaping into the Grand Unknown Dyson, Freeman 2009

After working with Ernest Rutherford in Montreal, he joined the faculty of the University of Berlin.

Hahn, Otto 2009

Ernest Rutherford is likely our University's most celebrated alumn.

A Cantabrian Commerce Centenary, Eric Crampton | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009