Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2009 (65.1)
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Rutherford and the Nobel Prize

Journal Issue
Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2009 (65.1)
Author(s)
John Campbell
Institution
New Zealand
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Ernest Rutherford was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This was the first Nobel Prize awarded for research carried out in Canada. Curiously, though one of the greatest physicists of all time, Rutherford was never to receive a Nobel Prize in physics.

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