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 ...
Time19d
Trump Claimed Americans ‘Split the Atom’—New Zealanders Would Like to Have a Word
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Among other false and misleading claims in U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration addresses on Tuesday, his declaration that Americans “split the atom ...
CBS News18d
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 ...
The Washington Post19d
Trump claimed the United States split the atom. New Zealand begs to differ.
Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Monday was peppered with many falsehoods — but the new president’s claim that the United States split the atom is one that caused international irritation ...
BBC7d
Splitting the atom: Why saying who was first is complex
Rutherford himself did not use the term splitting, referring instead ... first particle accelerators, a powerful machine that "literally cleaved the atom in half". He said in terms of a general ...