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The scientist that developed the iconic atom model that depicts a nucleus surrounded by electrons was Ernest Rutherford. Rutherford developed the model in 1911 after displaying some experiments that showed that the J.J.Thomson model was incorrect. Rutherford's experiment showed that an atom is a small but heavy central particle and is surrounded by a cloud of electrons. This was the opposite of what Thomson's model proposed.

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