Lord Rutherford Research Paper

Lord Ernest Rutherford is a great choice to be used as a role model for young men at Tauranga Boys’ College. He had perseverance, commitment and was very intelligent. These are all traits that we should aspire to have as a young men at Tauranga Boys’ College.

Lord Ernest Rutherford possessed good perseverance. He persevered through all his experiments and made sure he had done his absolute best through all the difficulties he had ran into. Lord Ernest Rutherford's experiment to split the atom, his working towards it took him many mistakes but he never had the intention to leave a job half done so he persisted through until his job was completed. All of the boys at Tauranga Boys’ College should be able to persevere and keep going through the

At an early age it was noticed how intelligent he was. He was given a science book at the age of ten which sparked something in his brain which interpreted his future in science. He began experimenting with his home clock, where he dismantled and assembled it back together. Ernest would make cameras and other gadgets to use around the farm. He attended Nelson college in 1888 he came top in all subjects (english maths and french). In 1889 he was head boy at his school. Ernest was achieving high results that it wasn't a case of if he would it was when he would. In 1893 he graduated with first class honours in mathematics and physical science. In 1895 he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and geometry and for a short time he worked as a school teacher. He won a scholarship at the Canterbury college so that he could further his studies. He gained 3 degrees so he was accepted to work at Cambridges Cavendish laboratory in England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1908 for splitting the atom. Rutherford's research work was remarkably advanced for a young man. He became a professor at 27, he won a Nobel Prize for chemistry. At a young age he made the motto “We don’t have the money, so we have to