Scientists based in Manchester, not the US, made the "key breakthrough" in splitting the atom, despite Donald Trump's claims in his inaugural speech, says a lecturer at one of the city's universities.

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the ... suggested the president had confused the discovery with the later creation of the atomic bomb. U.S. President Donald Trump made the claim ...

Ernest Rutherford (right) and Hans Geiger led the ... suggested the president had confused the discovery with the later creation of the atomic bomb. Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump made ...

Sir Ernest Rutherford, was the true pioneer behind this discovery. Rutherford's achievement in 1917 at Victoria University of Manchester in England marked a pivotal moment in the history of ...

Trump's list of Americans' claims to greatness included splitting the atom, which was achieved by Kiwi Sir Ernest Rutherford in ... the most amazing scientific discoveries." ...

Ernest Rutherford, born in Nelson ... the first to intentionally split the atom through a nuclear reaction. His discoveries not only defined the modern understanding of atomic structure but ...

This is despite the fact New Zealander Ernest Rutherford was the first ... reaction in laboratories at the university. “Rutherford’s discovery is now often described as ‘splitting the ...

President Trump and physicist Ernest Rutherford. Credit ... is made up of particles like protons and neutrons. This 1911 discovery redefined atomic structure and, therefore, atomic physics.

This is despite the fact New Zealander Ernest Rutherford ... nuclear reaction in laboratories at the university. “Rutherford’s discovery is now often described as ‘splitting the atom ...