New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement widely attributed to Ernest ...

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. Donald Trump angered New Zealanders ...

A New Zealand mayor has invited the American ambassador for a history lesson, after US President Donald Trump appeared ... famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford," Dr Nick Smith, the ...

pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit surprised by new President Donald Trump in his inauguration speech about US ...

The mayor of a New Zealand city has rubbished an eyebrow-raising claim made by President Donald Trump during his wild inauguration speech.

The recent inaugural address of President Donald Trump has sparked a heated ... to Nelson's most famous and favourite son Sir Ernest Rutherford." Trump's remarks have also drawn criticism from ...

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

“I was a bit surprised by new president Donald Trump in his inauguration ... John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton under Rutherford’s supervision. Mr Trump was addressing a high-profile gathering ...

Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities.