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Nuclear Physics Collection

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: JJ Thomson, British nuclear physicist, 1898

JJ Thomson, British nuclear physicist, 1898. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940), the discoverer of the electron, with his students at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1896-c1915

JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1896-c1915
JJ Thomson, British physicist, 1896-1916. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908

Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist, c1908
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist, c1908. Awarded 1908 Nobel prize for chemistry. Is considered by many to have laid the groundwork for the development of modern nuclear

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942

Enrico Fermi, Italian-born American nuclear physicist, c1942. Fermi (1901-1954) constructed the first working nuclear reactor, in a squash court at the University of Chicago in 1942

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Wilsons cloud chamber, c1927. Artist: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

Wilsons cloud chamber, c1927. Artist: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Wilsons cloud chamber, c1927. Charles Thompson Rees Wilson (1869-1959), Scottish nuclear and atomic physicist, was award the 1927 Nobel prize for Physics for the invention of his cloud chamber

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born physicist and the founder of nuclear physics

Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born physicist and the founder of nuclear physics. Rutherford (1871-1937) won a scholarship to Cambridge

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: 150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, 1 March 1954

150-megaton thermonuclear explosion, Bikini Atoll, 1 March 1954.The unexpected spread of fallout from the test led to awareness of, and research into, radioactive pollution. Courtesy UNO

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: JJ Thomson, British physicist, at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

JJ Thomson, British physicist, at work in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, c1922

Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, c1922. Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962) is best known for his work on quantum mechanics and atomic structure

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1922

JJ Thomson, British physicist, c1922. Joseph John Thomson (1856-1940) discovered the electron and was a pioneer of nuclear physics

Background imageNuclear Physics Collection: Ernest Rutherford broadcasting during a home visit to New Zealand in 1926

Ernest Rutherford broadcasting during a home visit to New Zealand in 1926. In 1908 Rutherford (1871-1937), New Zealand atomic physicist


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