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

"John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton ... being left out of the picture by Trump. ⓘ IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites. Trump aside, Rutherford did get the ...

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

(AFP via Getty Images) The atom was fully split in a controlled manner in 1932 by British and Irish researchers John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton under Rutherford’s supervision. Mr Trump was ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford is known as the father of nuclear physics. Sir Ernest was “born, bred and educated” in Nelson. Picture ... Briton John Cockcroft and Irishman Ernest Walton performed ...

Chief executive John Lee said he hoped for a "good starting ... the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit surprised by new President Donald Trump ...

In 1932, British and Irish scientists John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton, working under Rutherford's leadership, successfully split the atom at at the University of Cambridge. Rutherford is known as ...

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

A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. The mayor of ...