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Places of Ernest Rutherford's life
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30
08
1871
Main stages in the life of Ernest Rutherford
1890
1895
1898
1907
1919
19
10
1937
NELSON & PROVINCE
1901
Eileen born
1900
Marries May
1908
1914
Knight
1911
Atom model
1931
Encounters
To be continued...
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30
08
1871
Principales étapes de la vie d'Ernest Rutherford
1890
1895
1898
1907
1919
19
10
1937
NELSON & PROVINCE
1901
Eileen nait
1900
Epouse May
1908
1914
Anobli
1925-1930
Président
Royal Society
1931
Devient baron
Découvertes
1896
Détecteur d'ondes
1898
Rayons
alpha
& bêta
1902
Mécanismes
radioactifs
1911
Modèle d'atome
1919
Proton
1917
Détecteur
de sous-marins
1909
nature particules
alpha
Rencontres
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Last page of the official biography of Ernest Rutherford, established by Arthur Stewart Eve , a British physicist who had been Rutherford's colleague in Montreal and had remained his friend until his death, and validated by May Rutherford , the widow of the father of nuclear physics.
AS Eve writes:
" On the occasion of one of his discoveries, I said to him: 'You are a lucky man, Rutherford, always on the crest of the wave!'
To which he laughingly replied: "Well, I made the wave, didn't I?" and added soberly: "At least, to some extent".
Truly this wave went with him always, a fine wave, lit by the sunbeams, for he had the precious gifts of the poet: deep insight, powerful imagination, and a profound love of truth. "