Ernest Rutherford Net Worth

3 months from now

Ernest Rutherford, born on August 30, 1871 in Brightwater, New Zealand, is known as the father of nuclear physics. He discovered that atoms have a positive charge located in a nucleus in 1911, and developed the concept of radioactive half-life, which describes the exponential decay of radioactive substances. His discoveries revolutionized the field of physics and laid the groundwork for further research into the structure of the atom.
Ernest Rutherford is a member of Physicist

Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day	August 30, 1871
Birth Place	Brightwater, New Zealand
Age	148 YEARS OLD
Died On	Oct 19, 1937 (age 66)
Birth Sign	Virgo

💰 Net worth: $6 Million (2024)

About

The father of nuclear physics who discovered that atoms have a positive charge located in a nucleus in 1911. He also developed the concept of radioactive half-life, which describes the exponential decay radioactive substances.

Before Fame

He couldn't continue his work at Cambridge because of arcane rules about his young age.

Trivia

He is widely credited as the first person to split the atom in a nuclear reaction in 1917 and he won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances.