The next big step was taken by New Zealander Ernest Rutherford in 1909.
1909 年, 新西兰人欧内斯特·卢瑟福迈出了下一步。
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He initially studied the electron theory of metals, but his academic path took a turn after J.J. Thomson's discovery of the electron and Ernest Rutherford's model of the atom.
他最初研究的是金属电子论,但他的学术道路在J.J.汤姆森发现电子和欧内斯特卢瑟福的原子模型。
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But that all changed around 1911, when a scientist named Ernest Rutherford, along with his team at Manchester University, published the results of the famous gold-foil experiment.
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, OMFRS (30 August 1871– 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. Encyclopædia Britannica considers him to be the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday (1791–1867).