Quote by: Ernest Rutherford

The great object is to find the theory of the matter [of X-rays] before anyone else, for nearly every professor in Europe is now on the warpath.


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  • NameErnest Rutherford
  • DescriptionNew Zealand-born British chemist and physicist
  • AliasesErnest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson
  • BornAugust 30, 1871
  • DiedOctober 19, 1937
  • CountryNew Zealand; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionNuclear Scientist; Chemist; Physicist
  • AwardsHector Memorial Medal; Nobel Prize In Chemistry; Matteucci Medal; Copley Medal; Franklin Medal; Elliott Cresson Medal; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Faraday Lectureship Prize