Rutherford+discovers+the+atomic+nucleus

=//**Rutherford**//= Written by: SaleshaMarie

//**The story of The Gold Foil Experiment:**//
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) discovered the nucleus in 1911. The story of this discovery begins in Rutherford's lab a the University in Manchester.

The Rutherford experiment was also called the Geiger–Marsden experiment. Rutherford had the idea to shoot alpha rays