Ernest Rutherford by Mekai Johnson https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce Chemist en-us 2021-11-02 12:34:53 UTC 2021-11-08 04:33:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Date of Birth mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861491033 Born August 30, 1871, Spring Grove, New Zealand]]> 2021-11-02 12:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861491033 The New Zealand-born British physicist who was considered one of the greatest experimentalists. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861499015 2021-11-02 12:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861499015 His concept of the nuclear atom he led the exploration of nuclear physics. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861509681 2021-11-02 12:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861509681 He won the Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry in 1908 mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861517709 2021-11-02 12:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861517709 Led the exploration of nuclear physics. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861526627 2021-11-02 12:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861526627 He was the president of the Royal Society (1925–30) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861535100 2021-11-02 13:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861535100 When he won a scholarship to attend Nelson Collegiate School, He excelled in nearly every subject, but especially in math and science. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861544048 2021-11-02 13:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861544048 Rutherford received a bachelor of arts degree mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861554915 2021-11-02 13:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861554915 He won a scholarship for a postgraduate year of study at Canterbury. He completed this, earning a master of arts degree. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861562536 2021-11-02 13:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1861562536 Rutherford in 1902 developed the transformation theory, or disintegration theory, as an explanation for radioactivity mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874061793 2021-11-08 04:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874061793 While at McGill, Rutherford married Mary Georgina Newton mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874066956 2021-11-08 04:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874066956 Rutherford and his student Thomas Royds were able to isolate some alpha particles and perform a spectrochemical analysis, proving that the particles were helium ions. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874070281 2021-11-08 04:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874070281 Rutherford examined the collision of alpha particles with gases. mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874086487 2021-11-08 04:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874086487 Date of Death mjohnson2426 https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874088701 October 19, 1937 (aged 66) in Cambridge, England]]> 2021-11-08 04:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mjohnson2426/lswj4zwztfoh57ce/wish/1874088701