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" By Convention bitter, by convention sweet, but in reality atoms and void."
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He proposed atomic theory, with spherical solid masses in motion. Atoms can't be made or destroyed.
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He described atoms as ball of positive charge containing a number of electron, discovered the electron.
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Discovered the existence of isotopes through the use of a mass spectrograph.
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Developed an explanation of atomic structure that underlies regularities of the periodic table of elements. His atomic model had atoms built up of successive orbital shells of electrons.
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He is the father of nucleus physics. He developed the "gold foil experiment." Rutherford determined that the nucleus of an atom is very dense and has a positive charge.
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Described atoms by means of formula connected to the frequencies of spectral lines. Proposed Principle of Indeterminacy - you can not know both the position and velocity of a particle.
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Viewed electrons as continuous clouds and introduced "wave mechanics" as a mathematical model of the atom.
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Built the early linear accelerator and bombarded lithium with protons to produce alpha particles. They split the atom for the first time. This later lead to the atomic bomb that ended World War 2. Described atoms by means of formula connected to the frequencies of spectral lines. Proposed Principle of Indeterminacy - you can not know both the position and velocity of a particle.
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Using alpha particles discovered a neutral atomic particle with a mass close to a proton. Thus was discovered the neutron.
