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jan 1, 1871 - Ernest Rutherford

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He demonstrated that the atom has a tiny and heavy nucleus.

Experiments- gold foil experiment, designed an experiment to use the alpha particles emitted by a radioactive element as probes to the unseen world of atomic structure.

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jan 1, 1871
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~ 155 years ago

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