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Anybody who knows much about atoms and is willing to ignore virtual particles.

The credit for actually discovering this should probably go to Rutherford. (Or Rutherford, Geiger, and Marsden ... Geiger and Marsden actually did the experiment in Rutherford's lab, and Rutherford was the one who explained the results.)

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Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms contain mostly empty space, with his gold foil experiment. Bhor discovered that the electrons are not randomly placed around the nucleus.

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Whoevers skeptic, its true, im learning about atoms and Ernest ruthorford actually found that out with his experiment.

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Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms contain mostly empty space, with his gold foil experiment. Bhor discovered that the electrons are not randomly placed around the nucleus.

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Ernest Rutherford.

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ernest rutherford around 1909

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