In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...

Ernest Rutherford's family emigrated from England ... He discovered the atomic nucleus and developed a model of the atom that was similar to the solar system. Like planets, electrons orbited ...

Physicists from both New Zealand and Britain have been credited with splitting the atom — but there is consensus that it was ...

The mayor of Nelson in New Zealand's South Island seized on the subatomic slight, pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford.

Ernest Rutherford, born in Nelson, New Zealand, and educated in Brightwater, is renowned for his work in nuclear physics. In 1917, while at Victoria University of Manchester in England ...

pointing out that work to split the atom was actually pioneered by Kiwi-born physicist Ernest Rutherford. "I was a bit surprised by new President Donald Trump in his inauguration speech about US ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford has been called the 'father of nuclear physics' When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain ...

When Donald Trump claimed US scientists split the atom in his inaugural speech, even he could not have imagined the chain reaction of online debate his boast would cause. Many of those leaping on ...