Article ID: CBB000931935

Rutherford at Canterbury University College (2005-2006)

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Clarke, Simon (Author)


Rutherford Journal: The New Zealand Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Volume: 1
Pages: Approx. 3000 words


Publication Date: 2005-2006
Edition Details: http://www.rutherfordjournal.org/article010112.html (Accessed on August 30, 2009.)
Language: English

In August 1895 Ernest Rutherford left New Zealand for the first time of his life, bound for England where he was to become a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. He was the first graduate student admitted to Cambridge who had not been an undergraduate there. Under the supervision of Professor J.J. Thomson, he initially investigated the possibilities of detecting electromagnetic waves over distances and through objects, and then later the use of x-rays to make gases conductors of electricity. His talents as a scientist soon recognised, in 1898 Rutherford was offered a position as Professor of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

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Authors & Contributors
Hughes, Jeff
Frits Berends
Samueli, Jean-Jacques
Roqué, Xavier
Rehn, Martin
Navarro, Jaume
Concepts
Physics
Biographies
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Laboratories
Experiments and experimentation
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Netherlands
Australia
Vienna (Austria)
Institutions
Cavendish Laboratory
Cambridge University
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