Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
In simple terms, that assertion is correct, but for those with an expertise in the field, the longer answer to who did it ...
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Trump claims U.S. "split the atom." New Zealand says that's not true.
A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom. The mayor of ...
BBC19d
Trump wrongly claims Manchester's atom split feat
Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's ...
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Trump Says USA Split The Atom. Ernest Rutherford Would Like A Word
A New Zealand mayor has invited the American ambassador for a history lesson, after US President Donald Trump appeared to imply it was the US that split the atom – which it is not alone in and ...
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Donald Trump's 'Split the Atom' Claim Vexes New Zealanders
Languages: English. New Zealanders are expressing frustration after U.S. President Donald Trump credited Americans with splitting the atom in his second inaugural address——an achievement ...
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Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
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 ...