Born in 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford was ... surrounded by electrons. This "Rutherford model" would form the basis of modern atomic physics and paved the way for the quantum ...

In 1803, John Dalton's atomic theory brought ... Rutherford made a series of discoveries about the nature of atoms and, ...

Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from ... He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a model of the atom that was similar to the solar system. Like planets, electrons orbited a central ...

The Physics Laboratory, 1908 Manchester was able to appoint Ernest Rutherford ... of the atomic nucleus in 1911, Henry Moseley's physical explanation of the different properties of chemical elements ...

Niels Bohr adapted Ernest Rutherford's nuclear model. Bohr did calculations that led him to suggest that electrons orbit the nucleus in shells. The shells are at certain distances from the nucleus.

The Danish physicist and philosopher conducted postdoctoral work at the Victoria University of Manchester following an invite from Ernest Rutherford ... the atomic nucleus in 1911 and further ...