ernest rutherford

Personal details

Full Name:

Ernest Rutherford

Lifetime:

30 Aug 1871–19 Oct 1937

Biography

Ernest Rutherford

Rutherford's discoveries about the nature of atoms shaped modern science and paved the way for nuclear physics. Einstein referred to him as the 'second Newton' who ‘tunneled into the very material of God’.

Events In History

10 December 1908

Rutherford wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Ernest Rutherford's discoveries about the nature of atoms shaped modern science and paved the way for nuclear physics. Albert Einstein called him a 'second Newton' who had ‘tunneled into the very material of God'. Read more...