Rutherford of Nelson (1972)

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Rutherford of Nelson (1972)

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Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

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Archives New Zealand YouTube

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The nuclear physicist, Ernest Rutherford, was born in New Zealand in 1871. Throughout his brilliant scientific career, culminated by his splitting of the atom, he never lost touch with his origins. 'Rutherford of Nelson' traces the man's life and work, and its theme is the continuing contact Rutherford kept with his homeland. Rutherford’s discoveries about the nature of atoms shaped modern science and paved the way for nuclear physics. Albert Einstein described him as a ‘second Newton’. Ruthe...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVk81lwP_lI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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New Zealand / National Film Unit / Nelson (City/Town/Village) / Ernest Rutherford (Academic) / Scientist (Profession) / Science (Journal) / Taranaki / Nuclear physics / Nuclear accelerator / Cavendish Lab

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