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A Long and Illustrious History

Which New Zealand-born scientist, working in Britain, was the first to "split the atom"?

AAlexander Fleming
BIsaac Newton
CFrank Whittle
DErnest Rutherford ✓

Answer & explanation

The correct answer is Ernest Rutherford.

Scientists led by New-Zealand-born Ernest Rutherford, working at Manchester and then Cambridge, were the first to split the atom.

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