Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium gives off invisible rays that affected photographic film in 1896. The Curies built upon his work, named the phenomenon radioactivity and were also able to ...

“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” That quote, repeated in many articles and books, is attributed to Ernest Rutherford, widely recognized as the father of nuclear physics. However, ...

You are in: Manchester > Science > Science features > The Ernest beginnings of particle physics Ernest Rutherford The history of physics is filled with world-changing experiments. The latest, at CERN ...

Manchester is hosting a series of events to mark the centenary of a paper by Ernest Rutherford that changed the way we looked at the world and Universe around us. In 1911, Rutherford, described as the ...

Lord Rutherford’s pioneering research on radioactivity and the atom cemented his place as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. Supplied / Not-For-Syndication While his humble birthplace ...

In 1911 the New-Zealand-born physicist Ernest Rutherford published a paper that was to revolutionize science. Rutherford’s famous alpha-particle scattering experiment transformed our understanding of ...

Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England to New Zealand before he was born. They ran a successful farm near Nelson, where Ernest was born. One of 12 children, he liked the hard work and open ...