Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment Essay
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Rutherford’s Gold Foil ExperimentRutherford started his scientific career with much success in local schoolsleading to a scholarship to Nelson College. After achieving more academichonors at Nelson College, Rutherford moved on to Cambridge University’sCavendish laboratory. There he was lead by his mentor J. J. Thomson convincedhim to study radiation. By 1889 Rutherford was ready to earn…