Gujarat Science City celebrates the birth anniversary of this great scientist
for inspiration and encouragement
30th August is the birth day of Sir Ernest Rutherford, one of the most illustrious scientists of all time, who discovered and demonstrated the structure of atom.
Ernest Rutherford was one of the founding geniuses of nuclear physics. Although less well known today, Rutherford was as famous in his lifetime for his pioneering work on atomic and particle physics. He and his students performed the experiments which resulted in the discovery of the nucleus and structure of the atom, and he counted Niels Bohr as one of his students.
Earnest Rutherford is to the atom what Darwin is to evolution, Newton to mechanics, Faraday to electricity and Einstein to relativity. His pathway from rural child to immortality is a fascinating one.
To celebrate this great scientist birthday, Gujarat Science City (GSC), working under the aegis of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat is organizing a special programme on 30th August 2010 (Monday) on the theme of “From Atom to Nano Particle: Chemistry in the Community”.
GSC has initiating the celebration of such great scientists birth anniversaries to educate the students not only in the key ideas of the scientific field but also on the people who brought these great ideas and discoveries into the world. The celebration aims to regards and respects to this great scientists as well as to encourage new generation to follow their examples of courage, determination, honesty and willingness to great work.
The programme includes a seminar on the theme, interactive session, screening of films and presentations and guided tour to the theme pavilions in Science City.
Born on the remote New Zealand frontier, Ernest's brilliance showed early, and scholarships led him to study with J. J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. He changed his focus from electromagnetism to the more mysterious field of radioactivity and, through a combination of brilliant insight and indefatigable effort, made fundamental discoveries that earned him a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 and a powerful influence over nuclear physics until his death in 1937.
School and college students, science educators and communicators, and other interested members are requested to attend the programme and to explore more on this legendary scientist whose work showed the way for future curious characters in science.
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