Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...
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The Existence of Bodies Smaller than Atoms--The Corpuscular Hypothesis
Prof. Thomson has calculated from the results of his experiments on very different substances that the mass of a negative corpuscle is about the five-hundredth part of the hydrogen atom.
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Rutherford and Bohr describe atomic structure
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 ... Rutherford's model wasn't quite ...
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Ernest Rutherford
There he met J.J. Thomson (who ... In 1909 he began experiments that were to change the face of physics. He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a model of the atom that was similar to ...