WITH the passing away of Lord Rutherford*, the life of one of the greatest men who ever worked in science has come to an end. For us to make comparisons would be far from Rutherford's spirit ...

He said he would be inviting the US Ambassador to New Zealand to Nelson so that he can visit the Lord Rutherford Memorial in Brightwater “so we can keep the historic record on who split the atom ...

New Zealand politician Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, where Rutherford was born and educated, said he was “a bit surprised” by the claim. “Rutherford’s ground breaking research on radio ...

IT was in 1909 that I first came into contact with Rutherford, in my second year in the honours school in Manchester. Owing to some changes in the staff, Rutherford took over a course of lectures ...