ABSTRACT

When Ernest Rutherford left New Zealand in 1895, he was a highly skilled researcher with three degrees from the University of New Zealand and with two years of research at the forefront of the electrical technology of the day. The fourth child and second son of a family of 12, of whom three of his younger brothers died young, he had a standard rural upbringing. Both parents supported his education. He was lucky to have very good country schoolteachers, but his most influential teacher was Canterbury College’s Professor Bickerton who guided him into individual research. When Rutherford arrived in England he was the right man in the right place at the right time. This story of his early life and researches in New Zealand explains why he was the right man, covers his family and academic life, explains how, from several occasions during his early life and researches, we may never have heard of Ernest Rutherford, and why England was lucky to get him.

摘要

欧内斯特·卢瑟福 (Ernest Rutherford) 于 1895 年离开新西兰时，他是一名技术娴熟的研究员，拥有新西兰大学的三个学位，并在当时电气技术的最前沿进行了两年的研究。他是12口之家的老四，老二，三个弟弟早逝，在农村长大。父母双方都支持他的教育。他很幸运拥有非常优秀的乡村学校教师，但他最有影响力的老师是坎特伯雷学院的比克顿教授，他指导他进行个人研究。当卢瑟福抵达英格兰时，他是在正确的时间、正确的地点出现的正确人选。这个关于他早年生活和在新西兰的研究的故事解释了为什么他是合适的人，涵盖了他的家庭和学术生活，解释了如何，