In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

“Rutherford had ‘split the atom,’ the news headlines proclaimed, and the science of nuclear physics — the manipulation of the atomic nucleus — was launched, ” Priestley said. In ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the sub-atomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

When an electron dropped from a high-energy orbit to a lower-energy one, it gave out light with an energy equal to the ...

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The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the sub-atomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his ...

‘He’s such an icon’ Rutherford, who belonged to a farmer's family, conducted research in nuclear and atomic physics while working in the UK and Canada. He split an atom for the first time in ...

In his Inaugural Address, Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom, an achievement credited by many to pioneering physicist Ernest Rutherford of New Zealand.