He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a model of the atom ... weapons in World War I. Rutherford died two years before the discovery of atomic fission. "All science is either physics ...

In 1913, Niels Bohr revised Rutherford's model by suggesting that the electrons ... However, there was still a difference between the atomic number of the atom and the atomic mass.

This defied the existing atomic model, which assumed atoms were ... Through his relentless pursuit of answers, Rutherford transformed not just science but humanity's relationship with the ...