Ernest Rutherford (aug 30, 1871 – oct 19, 1937)
Description:
1871-1937 AD in New Zealand and England-Discovered the atomic nucleus, the proton, the alpha particle, and the beta particle
-Discovered the concept of nuclear half-lives
-First deliberate transformation of one element into another.
-Studied the radiation emitted by uranium
-Discovered that beta particles have greater penetrating power than alpha rays and charges of both particles
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Date:
aug 30, 1871
oct 19, 1937
~ 66 years