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Which New Zealand-born scientist is credited with first splitting the atom and is considered the father of nuclear physics?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford — Ernest Rutherford, born near Nelson, pioneered nuclear physics and won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- A Ernest Rutherford ✓
- B William Pickering
- C Beatrice Tinsley
- D Maurice Wilkins
Ernest Rutherford, born near Nelson, pioneered nuclear physics and won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.