Trump claims Manchester atom split as US achievement - BBC
6 days ago · A mayor in New Zealand's South Island said he was a "bit surprised" by the president's claim "when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son, Sir Ernest Rutherford".
Trump Says USA Split The Atom. Ernest Rutherford Would Like A …
5 days ago · In 1917, Rutherford became the first person to induce an artificial nuclear reaction, bombarding nitrogen gas with alpha particles – two neutrons and two protons, tightly bound together.
Ernest Rutherford | Accomplishments, Atomic Theory, & Facts
4 days ago · Ernest Rutherford, British physicist who discovered that the atom is mostly empty space surrounding a massive nucleus and who did many pioneering experiments with radioactivity. He was also known for predicting the existence of the neutron and calculating Avogadro’s number.
Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest …
6 days ago · Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as the father of nuclear physics, is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the atom by artificially inducing a nuclear reaction in 1917 while he worked at a university in Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Trump claims Manchester atom split as US achievement
6 days ago · A mayor in New Zealand's South Island said he was a "bit surprised" by the president's claim "when that honour belongs to Nelson's most famous and favourite son, Sir Ernest Rutherford".
New Zealanders Balk at Trump Claim That Americans Split Atom
6 days ago · Ernest Rutherford, a Nobel Prize winner known as the father of nuclear physics, is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the atom by artificially inducing a nuclear reaction in 1917 ...
Ernest Rutherford - Wikipedia
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics", [7] and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday ". [8] .
Trump's bizarre claim ‘US split the atom’ fumes New Zealanders; …
6 days ago · Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand, accomplished.
Trump claimed the United States split the atom. New Zealand …
6 days ago · Physicists, from left, Ernest Walton, Ernest Rutherford and John Cockroft outside the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in May 1932. (Len Puttnam/AP) ... While listing the United States ...
Nelson Mayor responds to Donald Trump's claim America split the …
Jan 20, 2025 · The atom was first split by Kiwi Sir Ernest Rutherford, originally from Nelson, in 1917 at Victoria University of Manchester in England. But during Trump's inauguration speech, he used it as an example while he listed off a number of …