Home›Sources›May, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)SourcesMay, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)APS NewsCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextScience Atlas. "May, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-aps-rutherford-nucleus.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextScience Atlas. (n.d.). May, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-aps-rutherford-nucleusCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{scienceatlas-may-1911-rutherford-and-the-discovery-of, author = {Science Atlas}, title = {May, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-aps-rutherford-nucleus}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedAmerican Physical Society news article on the Geiger-Marsden gold foil experiments and Rutherford's 1911 nuclear model.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (6 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedAmerican Physical Society (APS News)URLWell-attestedhttps://www.aps.org/apsnews/2006/05/rutherford-discovery-atomic-nucleusSource TypeWell-attestedArticleReliability TierWell-attested1Published by a professional physics society; written for a general scientific readership.SourcesMay, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)tier 1American Physical Society (APS News)View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (6 claims)This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Experiments, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested5ExperimentsRutherford Gold Foil ExperimentSourcesMay, 1911: Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus (APS News)General References1ExperimentsRutherford Gold Foil ExperimentComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year