Ernest Rutherford
Published on Jan 12, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Who He Was
- Born: Aug 30th, 1871(New Zealand) Died: Oct 19th, 1937 (UK)
- Brightwater, New Zealand
- Considered to be the greatest sentimentalist since Michael Faraday.
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Where/When he Worked
- Worked at McGill University in Montreal, Canada
- Started working in 1898 as a professor
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What/How he discovered it
- Discovered that atoms have a small charged nucleus circled by electrons, and credited with the discovery of the proton
- Discovered nucleus and electrons with gold foil experiment
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Why Is It Important?
- This is important because then they would know more about the structure of the atom
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