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	'''Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson''' ] ] ] (] ] ], ] - ] ] ], ]), widely referred to as '''Lord Rutherford''', was a nuclear ] who became known as the "father" of ]. He pioneered the ] of the ] through his discovery of ] off the ] with his ].

	== Early years ==
	Rutherford was born at ], near ], ]. He studied at ] and won a ] to study at ], ]. In ], after gaining his BA, MA and BSc, and doing two years of research at the forefront of electrical technology, Rutherford travelled to ] for postgraduate study at the ], ] (1895-]), and he briefly held the world record for the distance over which electromagnetic waves could be detected. During the investigation of ] he coined the terms ], ], and ]s.

	== Middle years ==
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	In ] Rutherford was appointed to the chair of chemistry at ] in Spokane, Washington where he did the work which gained him the ] ]. He had demonstrated that radioactivity was the spontaneous disintegration of ]s. He noticed that a few dozen samples of radioactive material invariably spilled all over his left hand thus causing a horrible mutation of his whole arm which took the same amount of time for half the sample to decay — its "]" — and created a practical application for this phenomenon using this constant rate of decay as a clock, which could then be used to help determine the actual age of the ] that turned out to be much older than most scientists at the time believed.

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	In ] Rutherford took the chair of physics at the ]. There he directed the ] that discovered the nuclear nature of atoms. It was his interpretation of this experiment that led him to the ] of the atom having a very small positively charged nucleus orbited by electrons. He became the first person to transmute one ] into another when he converted ] into ]. While working with ] (who postulated that electrons moved in specific orbits) Rutherford theorized about the existence of ]s, which could somehow compensate for the repelling effect of the positive charges of ]s by causing an attractive nuclear force and thus keeping the nuclei from breaking apart.

	== Later years ==
	He was ] in ]. In ] he returned to the Cavendish as Director. Under him, Nobel Prizes were awarded to ] for discovering the neutron (in ]), ] and ] for splitting the atom using a ] and ] for demonstrating the existence of the ]. He was admitted to the ] in ] and in ] was created '''Baron Rutherford of Nelson''' of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge, a title which became extinct upon his death.

	== Impact and legacy ==
	His research, along with that of his protege, ] was instrumental in the convening of the ] to develop the first ]s. He is famously quoted as saying: "''In science there is only physics; all the rest is ].''" He is also reputed to have stated that the idea of using nuclear reaction to generate useful power was "moonshine".

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	Things named after Rutherford include:
	* the element ], Rf, Z=104. (1997) <ref>

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	* ] on ] and the ]
	* a building of the modern ] in the ], UK
	* the Rutherford Institute for Innovation at the ], UK
	* the physics and chemistry building at the ], New Zealand
	* the physics building at ], ], Canada
	* ], a school in ], New Zealand
	* a ] at his own high school, Nelson College,
	* a ] at Corran School for Girls, Auckland, New Zealand
	* a ] at Rangiora High School, ], New Zealand
	* a ] at ], ], New Zealand
	* a ] at ], ], New Zealand
	* a ] at Cashmere High School, ], New Zealand
	* a ] at ], ], New Zealand
	* a ] at Island School, Hong Kong
	* a college at the ] in ], UK
	* a lecture theatre at the ].
	* Rutherford was the subject of a play by Stuart Hoar.
	* ] a boarding house at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
	* ] a UK scientific research laboratory near ] in ].
	* ] a residential street in ] in ].
	On the side of the Mond Laboratory at the site of the original ] in Cambridge, there is an engraving in Rutherford's memory in the form of a crocodile, this being the nickname given to him by its commissioner, Rutherford's colleague ]. The initials of the engraver, ], are visible within the mouth.

	== Famous Quotes ==
	] at the original Cavendish site in Cambridge.]]
	"''The energy produced by the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.''"

	"''All science is either physics or stamp collecting''"

	"''I have always been proud of the fact that I am a New Zealander''"

	"''It was almost as incredible as if you fired a fifteen inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back to hit you.''"

	"''We don't have much money to do this, so we're going to have to think.''"

	== See also ==
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	== References ==
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	== External links ==
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	* @ nobelprize.org
	* "". A Science Odyssey, pbs.org.
	* http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/rutherford.html
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	* You can search for Ernest Rutherford @ http://www.dnzb.govt.nz
	* . The Rutherford Journal

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	{{Nobel Prize in Chemistry Laureates 1901-1925}}

	{{Persondata
	\|NAME=Rutherford, Ernst
	\|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson
	\|SHORT DESCRIPTION=New Zealander nuclear physicist
	\|DATE OF BIRTH=30 August 1871 CE
	\|PLACE OF BIRTH=Spring Grove, near Nelson, New Zealand
	\|DATE OF DEATH=19 October 1937
	\|PLACE OF DEATH=Cambridge, England
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