Robert McNees on Nostr: Physicist Ernest Rutherford was born in Brightwater, New Zealand #OTD in 1871. He ...
Physicist Ernest Rutherford was born in Brightwater, New Zealand #OTD in 1871.
He discovered the nucleus, proton, and α and β particles; explained nuclear decay; and was the first person to successfully transmute one element into another.
Image: George Grantham Bain Collection, LOC
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