For his work with radiation and the atomic nucleus, Rutherford received the 1908 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He was slightly put out, since he was a physicist and felt a bit superior to chemistry!

Rutherford and Bohr, but Marie Curie’s work in this field, and how her discoveries challenged the long-held belief that atoms were solid, is not included. Students do not learn about key contributions ...

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished.