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• n  British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)

• Rutherford
• Ernest Rutherford
• First Baron Rutherford
• First Baron Rutherford of Nelson

News & Articles

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• Obamacare's rocky beginnings
  In one of the few political jokes attributed to a physicist, Ernest Rutherford once described a public official as being 'like a Euclidean point: he has position without magnitude.'
  Nov. 7, 2013 - The Salinas Californian
• Gerson: The incompetence behind ObamaCare
  In one of the few political jokes attributed to a physicist, Ernest Rutherford once described a public official as being “like a Euclidean point: he has position without magnitude.”
  Nov. 6, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star
• Michael Gerson: Obamacare’s rocky beginnings
  In one of the few political jokes attributed to a physicist, Ernest Rutherford once described a public official as being “like a Euclidean point: he has position without magnitude.”
  Nov. 4, 2013 - Benton Evening News