This man became Director of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1919, and under his leadership, James Chadwick discovered the neutron.
This man became Director of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1919, and under his leadership, James Chadwick discovered the neutron. This man coined terms common in chemistry today such as "alpha," "beta," and  "gamma," and he formulated the idea of a "half-life." His namesake scattering would be used by Bohr to create his own model of the atom. He is best known for an experiment with Marsden and Geiger that involved a sheet made of zinc sulfide, which would light up when alpha particles were deflected onto it. For 10 points, name this New Zealand-born chemist who carried out the gold-foil experiment.
This man became Director of the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1919, and under his leadership, James Chadwick discovered the neutron.
Ernest Rutherford