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U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts on Tuesday by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland. Ernest Rutherford is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the nucleus while working at a British university in 1917…
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Trump vexes New Zealanders by claiming one of their proudest historical moments for America
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration in an inauguration speech that Americans “split the atom” prompted vexed social media posts on Tuesday by New Zealanders, who said the achievement belonged to a pioneering scientist revered in his homeland. Ernest Rutherford is regarded by many as the first to knowingly split the nucleus while working at a
