In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was not an American.

1. Choose the correct alternative from the clues given at the end of each statement: (a) The size of the atom in Thomson’s model is ..... the atomic size in Rutherford’s model.

When an electron dropped from a high-energy orbit to a lower-energy one, it gave out light with an energy equal to the ...

The newly established firm specialises in building models for drug development that can help patients of rare conditions ...

UNIT 18: Atoms and Nuclei Alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford's model of atom, Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the sub-atomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

The same apparatus used to generate an X-ray photoelectron spectrum was also used to study β-ray energies (e.g., (Rutherford ... on the charge on the atom led to models being developed in the 1970s ...

“Rutherford, born in Brightwater, raised in Foxhill and Havelock and educated at Nelson College and Canterbury University went on to split the atom in 1917 at Victoria University in Manchester ...