Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Who led the scientists, working at Manchester and later Cambridge University, who first managed to 'split the atom'?
- AJohn Maynard Keynes
- BHoward Florey
- CAlexander Fleming
- DErnest RutherfordRight answer
Answer: Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford headed the team that first split the atom. Fleming and Florey are known for penicillin, and Keynes for his ideas on economics.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "The 20th century". Practice question 237 of 651, written in our own words.