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    stamp collecting .’’ Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30th in 1871 with an umbilical hernia(that later killed him). He was the fourth child of twelve and the second son of seven boys and five girls. He started school when he was ten because his family was so poor. Later he got into good schools and became a great teacher. He won multiple awards for his chemistry experiments because he was the first person to artificially break an element. I chose Ernest Rutherford because he found out lots of

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    giving shelter or help in any way they can. To have a better understand what agencies does to help there is a particular county that has an agency that helps victims of domestic violence. The agency that will be discussed is The PATH shelter in Rutherford County, and how is the experience of a member who works in the PATH shelter, and learns more about the Domestic Violence. Exploration There are many agencies that are offered around the World to help people with different types of needs like homeless

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    marbles represent the narrow beam of alpha particles used to determine the structure of atoms, the unknown object represents the atoms that Rutherford studied, the cardboard represents the gold foil that was made up of gold atoms and the paper represents the approximate path that the alpha particles bounced off of or went through the gold foil at that Rutherford observed. Based on where the marble rolls in one end and out the other, you can infer where the target is underneath the cardboard and where

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    Atom Dbq Report

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    Throughout the centuries, there have been many people, from Democritus to Rutherford, that have changed the structure and the ideas of atoms. The atom has changed 6 times in the last 200 years(OI). Can you imagine that? Here are some ways the atom has changed. What is an atom? An atom is a small particle that makes up most types of matter(OI). The atom was first discovered by Democritus in about 300 B.C.(Doc 1). He believed that bits of matter were too small to see and could not be divided. As a

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    Honor Definition Essay

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    respect; esteem. My view of honor is someone that has sacrificed something, someone that has done something for someone and expects nothing in return. Someone who has or is changing the way we live for the better. The scientist I chose is Ernest Rutherford. Most People know him as “The Father of Nuclear Physics.” At age 10, he constructed his first science experiment, which was building a mini cannon, which earned his scholarship in 1887 to attend Nelson Collegiate School. In 1890, he received a scholar

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    Name: Ernest Rutherford Date of Birth: August 30, 1871 Lived: Nelson, New Zealand Which Scientists influenced this Scientists work? Why? I believe that the scientists before Rutherford would have inspired him to investigate in Atoms. This may of occurred because there was a conspiracy towards the atoms due to nobody actually seeing them. What part of the Atomic Theory did they investigate? Ernest Rutherford was responsible for a many different discoveries such as radioactivity and nuclear

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    The Discovery Of The Atom

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    electron Shell Contains the The electrons. There are many Scientist that contributed in the investigation of the atom which are: 1- John Dalton 2- Sir William Crookes 3- Wilhelm Rontgen 4- J.J Thomson 5- Max Planck 6- Albert Einstein 7- Ernest Rutherford 8- Neils Bohr 9- James Chadwick 10-Otto Hahn The Discovery of the Atom first came from the Greeks which made a theory “The idea that all matter is made up of tiny, indivisible particles, or atoms, is believed to have originated with the Greek philosopher

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    The History of Atomic Structure What is the atomic structure you may ask? Well, it’s the law stating the structure of an atom. It is composed of a positively charged nucleus containing a certain amount of protons (positive), neutrons (neutral charge), and electrons (negative). The amount of each subatomic particle (proton, neutron, and electron) all depend on what the element is. Now although this statement may seem fairly simple it was most definitely not. People have been studying the atomic

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    master at Cambridge University from 1959-1966, and was the president of the International Union of Physics from 1951 through to 1957. (Sir Nevill F. Mott - Biographical, 2015, para.1-3). In 1977, Mott received the Noble Prize for Physics, an honor which he shared with two other physicists. The prize was awarded for theoretical studies of the structure of the electron, regarding magnetic and disordered systems (Sir Neill F. Mott - Facts, 2015, para. 4). Ernest T. S. Walton was born October 6, 1931

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    theory, but how are you going to prove that he’s behind this?” Barnes asked. “You can’t put down in your official report that you had a bad gut instinct about this man’s character, and that’s why you think Rutherford is guilty. Seriously, without concrete proof what are you going to say? Rutherford came off as a jerk to me, so he’s clearly at fault for creating a super weapon and unleashing it upon his countrymen.” “No, you’re right,” Brayzack sighed. “I need real proof. Something that proves

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