Ernest Rutherford

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English: Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (August 30, 1871 - October 19, 1937), called the "father" of nuclear physics, pioneered the orbital theory of the atom notably in his discovery of Rutherford scattering off the nucleus with his gold foil experiment.

Deutsch: Sir Ernest Rutherford, 1. Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (* 30. August 1871 in Brightwater bei Nelson/Neuseeland; † 19. Oktober 1937 in Cambridge) war ein britischer Atomphysiker.

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  Nobel photo
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  Crop of Ernest Rutherford at the first Solvay Conference, 1911
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  First Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1911.
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  Second Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1913.
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  Third Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1921.
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  Seventh Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels, 1933.

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  The "plum pudding" model of the atom — negative charges (electrons) embedded in a larger structure of positive charge — disproved by Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment in 1911.
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  Bottom: Observed results. Rutherford concluded that the positive charge of the atom must be concentrated into a very small location: the atomic nucleus.

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