Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Under whose supervision was the famous gold foil experiment conducted?

  1. J. J. Thomson

  2. Ernest Rutherford

  3. James Chadwick

  4. Lew Kowarski
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Explanation

Ernest Rutherford supervised the famous gold foil experiment in 1909, which was actually conducted by Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden under his guidance. The experiment led to the discovery of the atomic nucleus. J.J. Thomson discovered the electron, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, and Lew Kowarski was a nuclear physicist not associated with this experiment.

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