Ernest Rutherford is often ascribed as the greatest experimental scientist, second to none. His unparalleled success is attributed to his revolutionary work regarding the atom. Rutherford's ingenuity was able to alter our insight of nature three times. He first set laws on radioactive decay, explaining it as the spontaneous disintegration of atoms. He then riveted the scientific community when he determined the structure of the atom. Finally, he became the world's first successful alchemist when
Ernest attended a government school at the age of 16. He also got entered to Nelson Collegiate school. Ernest had made many scholarships in mathematics, he also became a scientist in his early years. Ernest’s first researches was with the magnetic properties of matter of iron. His researches also had to do with the alpha particles. Sadly Ernest Rutherford died on October 19, 1973. Ernest was one of the first to make a high quality experiment
Ernest Rutherford Throughout the nineteenth century there were many scientists that contributed to the quantum theory. Among them was the scientist Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Nelson, New Zealand, “the fourth child and second son in a family of seven sons and five daughters. His father James Rutherford, a Scottish wheelwright, immigrated to New Zealand with Ernest's grandfather and the whole family in 1842” (Nobelprize.org). Rutherford’s childhood helped contribute