Trump claimed the United States split the atom. ... s claim “when that honour belongs to Nelson’s most famous and favourite son,” the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford. ...

Trump speech hailed the US feat, but New Zealander Sir Ernest Rutherford oversaw the trial in Manchester. ... "None of them originated in the United States." Get in touch.

Donald Trump angered New Zealanders on his first day in office when he asserted that America split the atom, something that Sir Ernest Rutherford accomplished. Saturday, Jul 12, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

In 1917, Rutherford became the first person to induce an artificial nuclear reaction, bombarding nitrogen gas with alpha particles – two neutrons and two protons, tightly bound together. "These ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the experiments in Manchester Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's ...