Ernest Rutherford
1871–1937 · New Zealand
🌍 View on the globeInventions and discoveries · 7
- 1899-1903Alpha, beta and gamma rays; radioactive decay lawDiscovery · discoverer
- 1900RadonDiscovery · discoverer
- 1902-1903Theory of radioactive disintegrationTheorem, law or theory · author
- 1905-1907Uranium-lead radiometric datingDiscovery · discoverer
- 1911The atomic nucleusDiscovery · discoverer
- 1917-1919The proton and the first artificial nuclear transmutationDiscovery · discoverer
- 1956Radiometric age of the Earth: 4.55 billion yearsDiscovery · discoverer