RUTHERFORDS SCHOOL HOUSE, HAVELOCK

Last time I was here I slept in the schoolroom previously occupied by Ernest Rutherford.  Great honour. Rutherford discovered radioactive decay, alpha and beta radiation, developed the nuclear model of the atom, first one to split the atom, and named the proton.  For which he was made Lord Nelson.  Whew.  I like to think I got a bit smarter while I was asleep, but unfortunately there is no evidence to support that.

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