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

In 1803, John Dalton's atomic theory brought ... Rutherford made a series of discoveries about the nature of atoms and, working with colleagues Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden, presented a ...

The tale of splitting the atom isn't just about America—it's a journey from New Zealand to Manchester, led by the brilliant ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father ... nucleus orbited by a number of electrons In 1803, John Dalton's atomic theory brought them into scientific view, but the Manchester scientist ...

“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 ...

Philip Ball looks at how a little-known paper by Niels Bohr demonstrates the turmoil in physics on the brink of quantum ...

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.