Scientific School of Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was an outstanding English scientist, the founder of nuclear physics, who made a significant contribution to the study of radioactivity, the atom structure, and the artificial transformation of elements. He predicted the existence of transuranic elements. He was a member (1903) and President (1925–1930) of the Royal Society of London, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1908, professor at McGill University in Quebec (Canada), then professor at the University of Manchester, and from 1919, professor at the University of Cambridge. His scientific activity was also associated with the creation of a scientific school for scientists from different countries, including the USSR.

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